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sleepy jack · 12-22-2006, 06:56 PM

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Thu Dec 21, 12:14 PM

NEW YORK (AP) - We now have a title for Harry Potter VII and if you want to find out for yourself, visit J.K. Rowling's website and play a little game of hangman.

Rowling's U.S. publisher, Scholastic, Inc., released a brief statement Thursday announcing the name of the world's most anticipated children's book, the finale to her phenomenally popular, seven-book fantasy series.

No publication date or other details were offered. Rowling is still working on the book, she wrote on her website in an entry posted early Thursday.

"I'm now writing scenes that have been planned, in some cases, for a dozen years or even more," she wrote. "I don't think anyone who has not been in a similar situation can possibly know how this feels: I am alternately elated and overwrought. I both want, and don't want, to finish this book (don't worry, I will.)"

She gave no new clues about what will happen in the book. Previously she has said two characters will die and hinted Harry might not survive.

Meanwhile, she set up a little game for her Potter fans.

If you go to her home page, click on the eraser and you will be taken to a room where you will see a window, a door and a mirror.

In the mirror, you will see a hallway. Click on the farthest doorknob and look for the Christmas tree. Then click on the centre of the door next to the mirror and a wreath appears. Then click on the top of the mirror and you will see a garland.

Look for a cobweb next to the door. Click on it, and it will disappear. Now, look at the chimes in the window. Click on the second chime to the right, and hold it down. The chime will turn into the key, which opens the door. Click on the wrapped gift behind the door, then click on it again and figure out the title yourself by playing a game of hangman.

Or, you can just take Scholastic's word for it. The publisher says the title of the book is "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."

The Harry Potter books have sold more than 300 million copies and have been translated into 63 languages.

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