Mistakes from

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

 

I've been having some complaints about the mistakes pages, saying that it's an insult to J.K. Rowling to have the mistakes she or the editor made plastered all over the page. I know that, if it is her fault, that she has her hands full looking after her daughter etc. and never meant it in that way. What do you think? Should I take off the Mistake pages? E-mail me your comments.

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Mistake... In Book 3 on page 370 in the middle of the page, Black says Voldemort has been in hiding for 15 years. Harry is only 13 and was attacked 12 years ago! Why would Voldemort go into hiding 3 years before this happened when he was supposedly at the hight of his power?

Mistake... In the 3rd book, Ch. 15, The Qudditich Final, Madam Hooch's whistle rang out as she soared over to Montague and began shouting at him. A minute later, Katie had put another penalty past the Slytherin Seeker. Shouldn't it be Keeper? [Note: In the UK edition it does say Keeper.]

Mistake... In Book one we are told Marcus Flint is a burly 6th year. That means he would have been a 7th year in Book 2. So why is he still a student in Book 3? [Possible Correction: JK Rowling was asked about this in a recent online chat. In what can only be considered an attempt to cover her oversite, JK Rowling said "He had to do a year again! :-)"]

Mistake... In book 3 chapter 3, the driver Stan told Harry the prices to get to London he said it was 11 sickles. But in the book it said harry shoved GOLD into Stans hands. Sickles are silver coins, not gold made coins. [Note: this mistake is only in the American edition. I have the British one and it says silver.]

Mistake... Apparently wizard months are different from ours. August is only three weeks long! In 'Prisoner of Azkaban', Aunt Marge shows up on Harry's birthday -July 31. A week later, he blows her up and flees. Then he spends two weeks at the Leaky Cauldron and goes up the King's Cross on September 1. That's no more than three weeks! So what's up? [Note: Harry might have stayed at the Leaky Cauldron for more than a week. ~Jessica B.]

Mistake... In the 1st book, Harry is taking his Nimbus 2000 to the broom shed when he sees Snape going into the forrest, but in the 3rd book, it says that Harry keeps dashing up to his dorm to check that his Firebolt is still there. If there is a broom shed, shouldn't it be there, or was the broom shed just added? [Possible Correction: The reason why Harry doesn't use the shed is because he doesn't want his precious Firebolt damaged in a broomshed.]

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