"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" is an original play set nineteen years after the events of the last book in the series. The story follows Harry Potter, now a Ministry employee, and his youngest son, Albus Severus Potter, who struggles under the weight of his family legacy. As Albus navigates the difficulties of being a Potter, he befriends Scorpius Malfoy, the son of Draco Malfoy. Together, they explore the complexities of time travel, leading to unforeseen consequences as they attempt to rectify the past. Themes of friendship, family, and the burdens of legacy are central to this magical tale. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].

This book is part of a book series called Harry Potter .

This book is aimed at children at US 3rd grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 9-15 years.

This book was published in 2016 by Thorndike Press Large Print .

J K Rowling grew up in a small village on the English/Welsh border. In 1990, after moving to London, she was sitting on a delayed train back home from Manchester when she had the idea of a boy wizard who went to wizarding school. It took a year for her agent Christopher Little to find a publisher. Lots of them turned it down. In June 1997 Bloomsbury published Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone under the name J. K. Rowling. The next six books of the Harry Potter series took her nearly another 10 years to write and publish, with the movies based on the books released in between publications. JK also wrote three short Hogwarts Library companion books for charity: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in aid of Comic Relief, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard in aid of Lumos. In 2016 she worked with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany to continue Harrys story in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which opened in London, followed by the USA and Australia. She also wrote the screenplay for the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the first in a series of new adventures, taking place before the time of Harry Potter, featuring wizarding world magizoologist Newt Scamander, the author of the book she created for Comic Relief in 2001. The second film, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, was released in 2018, and the third in 2022. JK has also written The Ickabog, and The Christmas Pig, a standalone adventure story about a boys love for his most treasured thing and how far he will go to find it. The author lives in Scotland with her family and two dogs. https://stories. jkrowling. com/en-us/home/ Jack Thorne writes for theatre, film, television and radio. His theatre credits include Hope and Let the Right One In , both directed by John Tiffany, The Solid Life of Sugar Water for the Graeae Theatre Company and the National Theatre, Bunny for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Stacy for the Trafalgar Studios, and 2nd May 1997 and When You Cure Me for the Bush. His adaptations include The Physicists for the Donmar Warehouse and Stuart: A Life Backwards for HighTide. On film his credits include War Book , A Long Way Down and The Scouting Book for Boys . For television his credits include The Last Panthers , Don't Take My Baby , This Is England , The Fades , Glue , Cast-Offs and National Treasure . He won BAFTAs in 2016 for Best Mini-Series ( This Is England '90 ) and Best Single Drama ( Don't Take My Baby ), and in 2012 for Best Drama Series ( The Fades ) and Best Mini-Series ( This Is England '88) .