Well, this is certainly good news.
A 14-year-old Philadelphia boy was treated and released from a hospital this morning after being shot in the chest by a friend who wanted his new copy of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, according to a news release from Bloomsbury, the publisher of the book. Physicians say the boy would be dead but the bullet struck the 870-page book first, leaving the child with only minor injuries.In related news, the publisher also reports that....
-- A New Jersey woman has petitioned a state court for permission to marry a copy of the book. "If loving Harry Potter is wrong," she said, "I don't want to be right."
-- Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist group, agreed to a 72-hour cease fire with Israel to allow its young homicide bombers time to read the new J.K. Rowling offering.
via Scrappleface
Posted by Alan at June 22, 2003 10:54 PM