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Potter, Harry hero of the children's fantasy stories by J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter, who has been grudgingly brought up by his aunt and uncle, attends Hogwarts, a boarding school for wizards, to learn how to fight the evil Lord Voldemort who has caused his parents' death.

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