6 days to go !

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows !

Hints from Rowling

# Although Buckbeak may have filled this role (Harry obtained possession of the Hippogriff after the death of Sirius Black, albeit under Hagrid's care), she also hinted that Fawkes, Dumbledore's phoenix, might have another role.

# Rowling has long said that the fact that Harry has "his mother's eyes" is "very important.

# She has stated we will learn more about Peter Pettigrew and Dumbledore and their respective families.

# Rowling has said that Ginny Weasley is quite powerful, that we have seen a taste of that in the past, and we will see it again.

# When further questioned in June 2006 about authors who kill off their main characters, Rowling said "I can completely understand, however, the mentality of an author who thinks, well, I'm going to kill them off because that means there can be no non-author-written sequels".

# Sirius Black's flying motorbike and the two-way mirror he gave Harry will return. In fact, Rowling has mentioned in one of her FAQs that the two way mirror "will help more than you think." Rowling refused to comment whether Sirius himself might in some way reappear, but she has also said that there was a reason why he had to die.

# Viktor Krum is set for a reappearance.



The book is expected to be 608 pages in the British edition, and has been confirmed to be 784 pages in the US edition