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Austin American-Statesman 28 March 2000
Book hero to see girls aren't yucky
Author J.K. Rowling said Monday that her beloved Harry Potter will soon discover the charms of girls. "Last time you met him, he was 13," Rowling said at the British Library. "He's 14 now, and he's started to realize girls are quite interesting."
"I tend to think that if someone is sufficiently engaged in one of the books, he's not going to be too disappointed if, at some point, his hero holds hands with a little girl."
Rowling added that she would never tackle issues such as drugs or teen-age pregnancies in a children's book but said she would not entirely shy away from adult themes in the fourth Potter book, due out in July.
"I've said all along there will be death. And, yes, you see a death in book four," she said.
