Harry Potter's Mysterious Back Cover Art

Posted on July 11, 2005

Scholastic has released Mary GrandPre's mysterious back cover art for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The back cover (pictured on right) is drawn in the same green tones as the front cover and depicts Ron and Hermione as well as two other Hogwarts students looking at "the Dark Mark".

Scholastic has already announced a record-breaking first printing of 10.8 million copies. The fastest-selling book in history, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling's fifth Harry Potter book, was released on June 21, 2003 and sold 5 million copies in the first 24 hours.

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