Who is VOLDEMORT (a.k.a. He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named) and why does he want to kill Harry?
Voldemort, a wizard gone to the Dark Side, realizes Harry’s power may one day exceed his own. He killed Harry’s parents but has fumbled Harry’s death several times, even when aided by his servants, the malevolent DEATH EATERS. What’s HOGWARTS? A top-notch boarding school for sorcerers. The four residence towers of the millennium-old castle are GRYFFINDOR (this is Harry’s), HUFFLEPUFF, SLYTHERIN, and RAVENCLAW. There’s only one way to get to Hogwarts, and that’s via the THE HOGWARTS EXPRESS, which leaves at 11 a.m. sharp from platform nine and three-quarters in London’s King’s Cross station. MUGGLES, or non-wizards, can’t actually see the school; to them it looks like an ancient, rubble-filled ruin. What’s QUIDDITCH? The ultimate flying-broomstick sport and the most popular game in the wizard world (Quidditch World Cup tickets are nearly impossible to come by). Three Chasers per team try to sink one red, soccer-size Quaffle ball into six 50-foot-high, Keeper-guarded hoops; team Beaters
