Harry must use all the tools at his disposal to draw a final secret out of one of Riddle’s teachers, the sly Potions professor Horace Slughorn. But the up haltap similarities end there, as the teenaged Riddle became deeply interested in the Dark objects known as Horcruxes: objects in which a wizard can hide part of his soul, if he dares splinter that soul through murder. Like Harry, he was the son of one Muggle-born and one Wizarding parent, raised unloved, and a speaker of Parseltongue. Most importantly, Dumbledore and Harry work together to uncover the full and complex story of a boy once named Tom Riddle-the boy who became Lord Voldemort. And classes are as fascinating and confounding as ever, as Harry receives some extraordinary help in Potions from the mysterious Half-Blood Prince. Harry becomes captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team, while Draco Malfoy pursues his own dark ends. Teenagers flirt and fight and fall in love. Sixth-year students learn to Apparate, losing a few eyebrows in the process. level exams, start on their specialist N.E.W.T. Harry, Ron, and Hermione, having passed their O.W.L. Dumbledore is away from Hogwarts for long periods, and the Order of the Phoenix has suffered grievous losses. The Wizarding world has split down the middle, and as the casualties mount, the effects even spill over onto the Muggles. When Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince opens, the war against Voldemort has begun. Summary - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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