[grellis]

I wasn't too surprised that Pettigrew has been so scarce, for that very reason. He's kind of out of everyone's minds. I have no doubt that he will be in book 7, and I think he will be pivotal. He figured too prominently in PoA--and GoF, for that matter--to be left dangling.

Now, supposing that Hogwarts does not reopen in the next book--just supposing--how creepy will it be if HP has to return there for some reason? What are some of the other locations the gang is likely to visit in book 7? HP mentioned Godric's cave (or hollow?), isn't that where Sirius hid out near Hogsmeade? Is it just me or does HP's plan to visit his parent's grave a really bad idea? Seems about as safe as wearing stilettos in a slasher flick. No good can come from it, not with VM and the DEs on the loose.

[Pippin]

Mentioning James and Lily's graves had me thinking, but didn't the house they were in get destroyed and I thought I read were there weren't nothing left of J and L to bury.

[JenB]

Godric's Hollow is the town where Lily and James Potter lived. That's why he's going back.

I'm willing to bet the final showdown takes place at Hogwarts...

[kellynch]

I keep thinking that book 7 will be, for lack of a better word, a reunion of sorts. Characters from all the books will play a part in a sort of final battle against Voldemort.

Let's face it -- we've heard of Susan Bones, but we've never really met her. But we now know that her aunt was murdered by the Death Eaters, so perhaps she will play a larger role in book 7.

And then there's Neville. He was almost "the boy who didn't die." But his Gran doesn't seem to know this from the way she treats him, and I wonder what her reaction will be if she does learn it this bit of news. Will his parents be cured? Will they help fight Volders? Do we really know why Neville is so scatterbrained? Is it just because it's his personality, or was he with his parents when their memories were taken away and he, small child that he was, get the fallout of that spell?

Will we learn why Volders didn't want to kill Lily but did want to kill James? We know why he wanted to kill Harry, but why kill his parents too?

So many questions. Books 1-4 posed questions that were answered, to a large extent, in book 4. But book 5 opened a whole Pandora's box filled with more questions, and book 6 opened it even more.

I'm torn between dying to read book 7, and not wanting the whole thing to end.

[kevkrom]

What are some of the other locations the gang is likely to visit in book 7?

For sure:

• #4 Privet Drive (Harry promised Dumbledore he'd return once more)
• Godric's Hollow (James' and Lily's graves)
• The Burrow (Bill's and Fleur's Phlem's wedding)

Likely other locations:

• #12 Grimmauld Place (clues about R.A.B. and the locket)
• Azkaban (interrogation of Mundungus Fletcher)
• Hogwarts (finding the 6th horcrux?)

Other suggestions? (Do we get to see Hermione's house?)