How old are you?

[Holly Golightly]

WOW, it's good to see that I'm more around the ages of people here than I initially thought!!! I just figured taht there would be alot more under 18's, being 'childrens' books and all!!! I am 22, and I will admit, a total HP addict!!! But I'm loving it!

It's also nice to know that there are people older than me too!!! hehehe!

Holly ~

[Violet]

well i'm 17, 18 on August 17th!!!
glad to see i'm somewhere in the middle, but to be honest i dont think that it really matters, i mean i wouldn't have guessed correctly the ages of anyone on here!

[Charis]

sorry, im pretty sure shadow is younger than 14... nice try though

ah...oh well. like everyone has said, age doesn't matter! heh...just though i'd say it one more time

[Broccoli]

Looks like the poster forgot that people live past 40

Oops, sorry My fault.

[Mint]

Me - 23

*joins the older fans*

[hermionegirl09]

i'm 12 and i'll be 13 on August 17th .i started reading the books at the end of 4th grade i think.been rereading them ever since:) is there someone younger than me?

[gecko]

How old are you when you're in the 4th grade? Because the school system aren't the same in different countries. In Holland, 4th grade primary school means you're about 6 or 7 years old. When you're in secundary school (high school) 4th grade you're about 16 years old. Just curious : ) !

[Rebecca Spinnet]

4th graders in the United States are usually about 9 or 10 im 14 too wow after reading all of these i do feel young i wonder if i will feel older after my birthday (it is coming up...) it is cool to know that Harry Potter is not just a kids book it means i can read them forever which will probably when book 7 comes out...

[Charis]

ok good! so im NOT the youngest here. i agree it is niceto know that its not just a kids book...to come on a forum like this and be able to have mature conversations about HP...most of the time

[chiapetdiz]

21! but 22 in august. i'm excited about being 22 because every time i say i'm 21 people are all like "oh, yeah, i know what you do"

but i started reading the books, um, a year before the fourth one came out. i remember cuz i was extremely upset when i found out that the fourth hadn't been released yet.

[gecko]

Hope you don't mind me asking, but what do they mean when they say 'oh, yeah, i know what you do'? Being 21 isn't that special is it?

[chiapetdiz]

Hope you don't mind me asking, but what do they mean when they say 'oh, yeah, i know what you do'? Being 21 isn't that special is it?

21 is the drinking age in the US. and some people assume that all 21 year olds drink a lot.

[gecko]

Ah I right. I tend to forget that, because over here the legal drinking age is 16! Though for stronger drinks (like whiskey) you have to be 18.

[hermionegirl09]

How old are you when you're in the 4th grade? Because the school system aren't the same in different countries. In Holland, 4th grade primary school means you're about 6 or 7 years old. When you're in secundary school (high school) 4th grade you're about 16 years old. Just curious : ) !

in the fourth grade i was 10 i think

[techjohn]

I'm 16, and was 14 of 13 when I started reading Harry Potter books.
It's quite amazing how some of my friends react when I tell them I like HP books, they all seem to think I'm way too old for it.

And yes, putting people in categories is wrong. That's one of the reasons I like HP, because it shows how that effects people, e.g. Lupin being a great guy, even though he's a werewolf, and still being mistreated because of it.

JKR does show a lot of effects of 'Muggle world' problems - such as Rascism, Ageism and so on. I like the books for that as well - there's a lot of truth in them

I'm 16 too, and not so much now, but did anyone else feel prejudiced against when you were younger? I did.