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| author = [[Jane Yolen]] |
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'''''Wizard's Hall''''' is a 1991 fantasy novel by [[Jane Yolen]] which is often favorably compared with the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series. |
'''''Wizard's Hall''''' is a 1991 fantasy novel by [[Jane Yolen]] which is often favorably compared with the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series. |
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The mother of shy Henry sends him to Wizard's Hall where he can train to become a wizard. At the Hall he is renamed Thornmallow, suggesting that he is prickly on the outside yet soft inside. He becomes quite conspicuous as he covers a classroom in snow, yells during an orientation speech and has other embarrassing moments. He soon learns that he is one of 113 students who are being prepared to confront the evil wizard Nettle and his huge Beast. Thornmallow feels he may not be equal to the challenge. |
The mother of shy Henry sends him to Wizard's Hall where he can train to become a wizard. At the Hall he is renamed Thornmallow, suggesting that he is prickly on the outside yet soft inside. He becomes quite conspicuous as he covers a classroom in snow, yells during an orientation speech and has other embarrassing moments. He soon learns that he is one of 113 students who are being prepared to confront the evil wizard Nettle and his huge Beast. Thornmallow feels he may not be equal to the challenge. |
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==Similarities with Harry Potter== |
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{{cquote|I read the first three. The fourth one stopped me in my tracks, partially because even though the story moves along, I just don't feel like they're well written. Besides, I wrote a book called ''Wizard's Hall''. And there's an awful lot of ''Wizard's Hall'' in it. I always tell people that if Ms. Rowling would like to cut me a very large check, I would cash it. [''Wizard's Hall''] has got a boy named Henry [who] goes to wizard school, doesn't think he has talent. He has a good friend with red hair. There's a wicked wizard who's trying to destroy the school, and the pictures on the wall move and speak and change. I have kids who write to me all the time and say, "I thought you had stolen Harry Potter, but my teacher pointed out that you published it eight years before Harry Potter."<ref>"Writing Dynamo", ''Newsweek''</ref>}} |
{{cquote|I read the first three. The fourth one stopped me in my tracks, partially because even though the story moves along, I just don't feel like they're well written. Besides, I wrote a book called ''Wizard's Hall''. And there's an awful lot of ''Wizard's Hall'' in it. I always tell people that if Ms. Rowling would like to cut me a very large check, I would cash it. [''Wizard's Hall''] has got a boy named Henry [who] goes to wizard school, doesn't think he has talent. He has a good friend with red hair. There's a wicked wizard who's trying to destroy the school, and the pictures on the wall move and speak and change. I have kids who write to me all the time and say, "I thought you had stolen Harry Potter, but my teacher pointed out that you published it eight years before Harry Potter."<ref>"Writing Dynamo", ''Newsweek''</ref>}} |
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| Author | Jane Yolen |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Harcourt |
Publication date | June 1991 |
| Publication place | United States |
| ISBN | 0152981322 |
Wizard's Hall is a 1991 fantasy novel by Jane Yolen which is often favorably compared with the Harry Potter series.
Characters and story
The mother of shy Henry sends him to Wizard's Hall where he can train to become a wizard. At the Hall he is renamed Thornmallow, suggesting that he is prickly on the outside yet soft inside. He becomes quite conspicuous as he covers a classroom in snow, yells during an orientation speech and has other embarrassing moments. He soon learns that he is one of 113 students who are being prepared to confront the evil wizard Nettle and his huge Beast. Thornmallow feels he may not be equal to the challenge.
Similarities with Harry Potter
Yolen has criticized the Harry Potter series. This is based on the similarities of the series with Wizard's Hall, published years before the first Harry Potter book.
I read the first three. The fourth one stopped me in my tracks, partially because even though the story moves along, I just don't feel like they're well written. Besides, I wrote a book called Wizard's Hall. And there's an awful lot of Wizard's Hall in it. I always tell people that if Ms. Rowling would like to cut me a very large check, I would cash it. [Wizard's Hall] has got a boy named Henry [who] goes to wizard school, doesn't think he has talent. He has a good friend with red hair. There's a wicked wizard who's trying to destroy the school, and the pictures on the wall move and speak and change. I have kids who write to me all the time and say, "I thought you had stolen Harry Potter, but my teacher pointed out that you published it eight years before Harry Potter."[1]
References
- ^ "Writing Dynamo", Newsweek