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Book Buzz: What's in the new 'Harry Potter' story?

Kelly Lawler
USA TODAY
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint in the film adaptation of 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.'

Rejoice Harry Potter fans! J.K. Rowling has given the world a peek at what happened after the books ended.

In a Daily Prophet article on her Pottermore website, Rowling wrote an update on Harry, Ron and Hermione as gossip columnist Rita Skeeter. Through Skeeter's eyes we see our favorite wizards at age 34 attending the Quidditch World Cup, and some things have definitely changed. Here are the big takeaways from the story. (Warning: spoilers follow)

1. Harry is still wearing the same round glasses, but he's going gray and has a new scar.

Skeeter notes that Harry has a "nasty cut over his right cheekbone," but when she asked the Ministry of Magic about it, they said only: "We do not comment on the top secret work of the Auror department, as we have told you no less than 514 times, Ms. Skeeter."

2. Ron's hair is still red, but it's thinning a little bit.

Although we only have Rita's word that it "appears to be thinning slightly."

3. Harry is still friends with his Triwizard rival Viktor Krum (from The Goblet of Fire).

They embraced when they saw each other and chatted for half an hour.

4. Hermione is now deputy head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.

Rita thinks she's tipped to go higher at the Ministry, although she does add that Hermione can't have it all, because of her hair.

5. Tonks and Lupin's son is causing mischief at Hogwarts.

Rita calls it "behaving in a way unbefitting of wizarding royalty," but Harry and Lupin would probably call it "normal." Teddy also seems to have caught the eye of Bill and Fleur's daughter, Victoire.

6. Luna is just as wonderfully weird as she was in the books.

She's married to a man named Rolf Scamander, "swarthy grandson of celebrated Magizoologist Newt," and walking around the tournament wearing flags of all 16 competing countries.

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