Kids make different (1) for new year. Some hope that the days will pass by (2) . Why? Because they are waiting to (3) a new book, “Harry Potter and the Half?blood Prince (《哈利-波特和半血王子》)”! It is (4) book in the Harry Potter stories. It will be in bookstores in Britain and the US on July 16. Chinese kids will (5) read it three months later. The last one, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” came out (6) June 21, 2003.“I only hope you feel it was worth (值得) the wait when you finally read it,” said the writer J. K Rowling, (7) the Internet. Rowling, 39, is going to have her third baby. The (8) book tells of Harry’s sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (霍格沃兹巫术和魔法学校). Rowling has been (9) how to start the new book (10) many years. She gave her readers some hints (提示) (11) what the book was about.Rowling(12) said who the Half?Blood Prince is. But she did say it is (13) Harry nor Voldemort. One of her characters (角色) will die in the book. No one (14) who it will be. It’s still a secret. However, fans can be sure Harry is safe for now. Rowling has said this may be the sixth and final book about Harry (15) a young boy. On the Internet, Rowling said the book will probably be shorter than the 870 pages of the last one.