# Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

**Author(s):** J. K. Rowling
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (1 unpaid reviews; need 5)
**Verdict JSON:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince/verdict.json
**Genres:** young-adult, parenting
**Pages:** 652
**Publisher:** Arthur A. Levine Books
**Published:** Fri Jul 01 2005 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9780439784542
**ISBN-10:** 0439784549
**ASIN:** B0192CTMWI
**Amazon categories:** Teen & Young Adult > Literature & Fiction > Social & Family Issues > Family > Orphans & Foster Homes
**Amazon binding:** $12.83
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince

## Series
- Harry Potter (#6)

## Description

One summer night, when Dumbledore arrives at Privet Drive to collect Harry Potter, his wand hand is blackened and shriveled, but he will not reveal why.

Rumours and suspicion spread through the wizarding world – it feels as if even Hogwarts itself might be under threat.

Harry is convinced that Malfoy bears the Dark Mark: could there be a Death Eater amongst them?

He will need powerful magic and true friends as, with the help of Dumbledore, he investigates Voldemort’s darkest secrets.

([source][2])

Preceded by: [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix][1]
Followed by: [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows][3]


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Contains:
[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [3/4]](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL27299760W)
[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [4/4]](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL27294904W)

  [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL13716955W/Harry_Potter_and_the_Order_of_the_Phoenix
  [2]: https://www.jkrowling.com/book/harry-potter-half-blood-prince/
  [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL82586W/Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows

## SageChimp reader verdict

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has only 1 unpaid published review on SageChimp (need 5). That is not enough to say whether the book is genuinely well-liked or amplified by paid/ARC/BookTok hype. Do not treat Amazon, Goodreads, or social scores as SageChimp evidence.

- **Status:** Not enough unpaid reviews (`insufficient_data`)
- **Paid-hype signal:** Cannot judge paid hype from this sample (`insufficient_data`)
- **Unpaid reviews:** 1 (avg 5.0/5)
- **ARC / incentivized reviews:** 0
- **Machine-readable:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince/verdict.json

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**Themes:** Coming of Age

## Community Reviews (showing 1 of 1)

### ★★★★★ (Untitled) — kristin