This letter is in response to Rev. Douglas E. Taylor’s letter (May 17) about how he feels Harry Potter makes kids want to study witchcraft.

It doesn’t make kids want to study witchcraft. When the Harry Potter books came out, I was in the fifth grade and my grades were not the best. I never read anything. I didn’t like to read because the books never kept my interest. But then I read the first Harry Potter book and all of a sudden my grades came up, and I began to read again, and not once did “hey, I want to study witchcraft!” ever cross my mind.

This book is not made to do that. It has helped me and many other kids with the same problem. And the books or movies are not an introduction to witchcraft. I know when I read the Harry Potter or other books, it takes me away from my problems, and I just read to gain knowledge. I don’t think about studying witchcraft. I think about how the characters may have the same problems as me. I am sorry he thinks that way, but it doesn’t make me or any other kids want to study witchcraft. I suggest to Mr. Taylor to pick up the book and read it.

Brittany Skillings,

Monmouth

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