Muggles, muggles, everywhere
Thursday, July 19th, 2007 by Aaron
With Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows scheduled to be released at midnight on Saturday thousands of people are preparing to stay up late to get their copy before anyone else.
That is everywhere except Barstow. There are no Harry Potter parties scheduled here at stores. Anyone looking to participate in some midnight magic will have to make the drive to Victorville’s Barnes and Noble bookstore. In fact, Wal-Mart is the only location I know of to get the book in Barstow. They will have 600 copies of the book, but you have to wait till they open at 6 a.m. on Saturday and you won’t get to try any Troll Mucous or Dragon Drool. What fun is that?
Apparently Barstow is full of Muggles. I ventured to the Barstow Library to talk to some kids about the book release only to find that none of the kids there had read any Harry Potter books. Not a single kid, in a library no less, had read the book. However, librarian Steve Smith, like I, read every book J.K. Rowling put out. Oddly enough I eventually found kids who had read the books at the Henderson Pool. Who would have thought to look for bookworms at a pool?
-David Heldreth Staff writer
