Have you fallen down the black hole of Harry Potter?

Lessa Gharaibeh

Book cover or “Hamilton”.

Lessa Gharaibeh, Reporter
April 12, 2019

Harry Potter. Hufflepuff. Hollows. How many of you recognize these names and find yourself coming back to these familiar stories? Most of you have probably heard it before, but never read the books or watched the movies. It all started when Joanne (J.K.) Rowling got the idea of a giant carrying a boy through sheets of rain on a train in 1990. Harry Potter went to Hogwarts when he was 11 years old. Moving forward, Harry saved the wizarding world six different times throughout his school years. But now, Harry Potter books have stopped being written.  Therefore, what do fans do now?
Fans love the detail and complexity in the series.  “You can never stop thinking about it…” seventh-grader, Allie Hawkins, admits.
Here are book series suggestions for Harry Potter lovers:
1. Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan
“Percy Jackson [is a good book series], but that is another series that you get stuck in…” stated Ally Hawkins (7th grade). Percy Jackson is about a teen boy who finds out his dad is a Greek god. He is trouble-ridden and is constantly getting kicked out of school.
2. The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
This book is about Princess of Oroville, Lucero-Elisa de Riqueza, was born as the chosen one, selected by God to fulfill a prophecy shown by a blue gem in her navel called the Godstone. She is the younger sister of Alodia, the future queen of her country and a more beautiful and confident person.
3. Warriors by Erin Hunter
“For hundreds of seasons, four Clans of wild cats have shared the forest according to the laws laid down by their warrior ancestors. The Clans are in danger, but they do not know it yet. Noble warriors are dying – and some deaths are more mysterious than others.”
4. Divergent by Veronica Roth
In Divergent, there is a teen girl named  Tris Prior lives in a futuristic world in which society is divided into five factions. As each person enters adulthood, he or she must choose a faction and commit to it for life. Tris chooses Dauntless — those who pursue bravery above all else. However, her initiation leads to the discovery that she is a Divergent and will never be able to fit into just one faction. Warned that she must conceal her status, Tris uncovers a looming war which threatens everyone she loves.
5. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
In what was once North America, the Capitol of Panem maintains its hold on its 12 districts by forcing them each to select a boy and a girl, called Tributes, to compete in a nationally televised event called the Hunger Games. Every citizen must watch as the youths fight to the death until only one remains. District 12 Tribute Katniss Everdeen has little to rely on, other than her hunting skills and sharp instincts, in an arena where she must weigh survival against love.
6. Hamilton the Musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Alexander Hamilton was born in the British West Indies, and later became General George Washington’s assistant. In 1788, as one of America’s Founding Fathers, he convinced New Yorkers to agree to ratify the U.S Constitution. Hamilton then served as the nation’s first secretary of the treasury, from 1789 to 1795.