Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling Illustrations By Mary Grandpré Arthur A. Levine Books An Imprint Of Scholastic Press. To Mackenzie, My beautiful daughter, I dedicate Her ink-and-paper twin. Text copyright © 2005 by J. K. Rowling Illustrations by Mary Grandpré copyright © 2005 by Warner Bros. HARRY POTTER, characters, names and related indicia are trademarks of and © Warner Bros. Harry Potter Publishing Rights © J. K. Rowling. All rights reserved. Published by Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., Publishers since 1920. SCHOLASTIC, THE LANTERN LOGO and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc., Attention: Permissions Department, 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. Library of Congress Control Number: 2005921149 ISBN 0-439-78454-9 10 9 8 7 6......