Scholastic to Publish Eighth Harry Potter Story

HarruPotter8Scholastic will publish a play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II, a script book based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany. The Special Rehearsal Edition of the script book will be published in print in the U.S. and Canada at 12:01 a.m. on July 31 (Harry Potter’s birthday). The script eBook will be published on Pottermore simultaneously with the print editions by Scholastic in the U.S. and Canada and Little, Brown Book Group in the UK. 

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth Harry Potter story, and the first to officially be presented on stage. It will receive its world premiere in London’s West End on July 30. While Harry Potter grapples with the past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus struggles with the weight of his family’s legacy that he never wanted. As past and present fuse, both father and son learn that sometimes darkness comes from unexpected places.

The first seven Harry Potter stories, published by Scholastic in the U.S. between 1998 and 2007, have sold more than 160 million copies in the U.S., more than 450 million copies worldwide, and are distributed in more than 200 territories, translated into 79 languages, and have been turned into eight blockbuster films.

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Maddie Michalik

Maddie Michalik

Maddie Michalik was the Editor-in-Chief of The Toy Book from 2020-2022. She was also a Senior Editor at The Toy Insider and The Pop Insider.

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