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Book Review: 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'

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Published June 28, 2003 at 11:00 PM CDT

Marah Gubar teaches children's literature at the University of Pittsburgh and finds that if one is looking for "big surprises" in the new Harry Potter book, one might be disappointed.