I am a Harry Potter Junkie!

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Harry Potter has been a part of me for over half of my life. My family began reading it together when I was in first grade, on a recommendation from my grandmother. I immediately fell in love. Living in a magical world sounded ideal to me and i had never heard of anything more magical than Hogwarts. School never was a drag for me like it is for a lot of other kids so, the idea of this extra creative magical school was incredibly appealing. I would dream about receiving my acceptance letter and leaving on that train to go to Hogwarts. I aspired to be the one to learn the magic and come home with " my pockets full of frogspawn," "turning teacups into gerbils." I was never more excited for a birthday than I was for my eleventh birthday. I knew i was going to get my Hogwarts letter. I was going to get up in the morning and run down the stairs. I would halt at the kitchen table, a grin on my face, and, without an ounce of surprise, observe my letter, laying placidly on the kitchen table. The bright green lettering would bare the legend "Lucy Jones, Rutland Center, New York, The Front B...

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