<P> Harry uses the Elder Wand to repair his original wand, planning to return the Elder Wand to Dumbledore's tomb where its power may vanish if Harry dies undefeated and it can drop out of history . Harry does not intend to search for the Resurrection Stone he dropped in the Forbidden Forest, but will keep the Invisibility Cloak he inherited . The wizarding world returns to peace once more . </P> <Dl> <Dt> Epilogue </Dt> </Dl> <P> In an epilogue set in King's Cross station 19 years later, the primary characters are seeing their own children off to Hogwarts . Harry and Ginny are a couple with three children: James Sirius, Albus Severus, and Lily Luna . Ron and Hermione also have two children, Rose and Hugo . Harry's godson Teddy Lupin is found kissing Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour's daughter Victoire; Neville Longbottom is now a Hogwarts professor; Draco Malfoy and his wife are also at the station to send off their son, Scorpius . Albus is departing for his first year at Hogwarts and is worried he will be placed into Slytherin House . Harry reassures him by telling his son he is named after two Hogwarts headmasters, one of them (Snape) a Slytherin and "the bravest man he had ever met", but the Sorting Hat could also take account of personal preferences, as it did for Harry . The book ends with the words: "The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years . All was well ." </P> <P> Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published by Bloomsbury, the publisher of all Harry Potter books in the United Kingdom, on 30 June 1997 . It was released in the United States on 1 September 1998 by Scholastic--the American publisher of the books--as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, after Rowling had received US $105,000 for the American rights--an unprecedented amount for a children's book by a then - unknown author . The second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was originally published in the UK on 2 July 1998, and in the US on 2 June 1999 . Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was then published a year later in the UK on 8 July 1999, and in the US on 8 September 1999 . Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was published on 8 July 2000 at the same time by Bloomsbury and Scholastic . Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the longest book in the series at 766 pages in the UK version and 870 pages in the US version . It was published worldwide in English on 21 June 2003 . Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince was published on 16 July 2005, and it sold 9 million copies in the first 24 hours of its worldwide release . </P>

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