Harry Potter Lawsuit on NPR
Willy will have his day in court, as Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling will contest claims she plagiarized the 1987 book Willy the Wizard.
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Click here to visit the Willy the Wizard website, where some of the similarities are listed.
I’m going to give this case a snowball’s chance in a goblet of fire of being successful. NPR has the story. Click here to read.
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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