One of the things I love most about my generation is the Harry Potter series. I, quite literally, grew up with Harry, Ron and Hermione. 

I read the books religiously and saw the movies the very day they came out. When “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” was released, my mom, a first-grade teacher at the time, actually played hooky and called my school to say I was sick so we could see the very first showing.

Lizi Arbogast Gwin is the managing editor of Tallapoosa Publishers.