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Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Ron, Hermione, Gwinnett loves us!
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The county made famous by a mother’s crusade to rid public schools of Harry Potter books was recently honored by the folks who publish them.
Random House Books on Tape named the Gwinnett County Public Library system as a finalist in its “Jim Dale at Your Library” contest.
Dale — for those who don’t know the difference between a bludger and a boggart — narrates the Potter books on tape.
Alas, Gwinnett County didn’t win the grand prize, which was an appearance and reading of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” by Dale himself.
But according to a news release, the library system “was chosen as one of only 45 semifinalists from the more than 1,000 entries submitted by libraries from across the country.”
(Hmm, 45 semifinalists. Did they all transfigure themselves to reach that level?).
The contest was to create the best series of library-sponsored events for the release of the latest Harry Potter tome.
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