

Know right off the bat that a Hogwarts student dies in this one, and he's heavily mourned by fellow students and young readers alike. Rowling's Harry Potter series about an orphan boy at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Parents need to know that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth book in J.K.

Talk of a woman drinking her fourth sherry at a bar while dishing gossip.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide.

Characters in picture frames get tipsy on Christmas. A house elf gets drunk regularly and stops taking care of herself. Weasley takes some whiskey in her tea to calm her nerves, Hagrid drinks at a bar. Percy (18 or 19) drinks wine with dinner, Mrs. Students drink butterbeer - a magical-world drink with a pinch of alcohol. Madame Maxime's horses only drink single-malt whiskey. Lots of negative language around the size of Dudley and his father (Dudley is described as "the size and weight of a young killer whale") and of Malfoy's Slytherin friends Crabbe and Goyle. Women have prominent roles at Hogwarts: Professor McGonagall and Professor Sprout are both heads of houses, Madame Maxime is head of Beauxbatons Academy. Ron's insecurity over being from a poorer family comes up a lot. Some diverse family structures: Harry lives with his aunt and uncle Neville, with his grandmother. Characters face lots of discrimination in the wizarding world, especially for not being "pure-blood," or, in Hagrid's case, for being part giant. Referee for Quidditch World Cup is Egyptian, and wizarding schools from Bulgaria and France come together for the Triwizard Tournament all have strong accents. Angelina Johnson is Black, the Patil twins are Harry and Ron's dates for the Yule Ball, Cho Chang is Harry's crush. Lee Jordan is described as having dreadlocks.
