July 13, 2005
Boy Takes Quick Peak at HBP
An upstate NY pharmacy accidently put the Half-Blood Prince up for sale yesterday morning. Only one book was sold before the mistake was realized and the books pulled from the shelves.
Nine year old Sylum Mastropaolo is the lucky boy to have snagged the book four days early. But he won't be spilling any secrets and will be returning the book to the publishers.
In an interview with the Poughkeepsie Journal, Sylum's stepdad stated:
"We're going to do the right thing," said Mike Muldoon. "We don't want to ruin it for other kids and take away from the experience of everyone reading it together."
Slylum does admit to taking a peak though.
"I opened to the middle of the book and I read two pages maybe. I didn't want to start at the beginning because I didn't want to spoil the surprises."
When asked if he would take one more look before returning the book, Sylum replied:
"No way.
Good for you Sylum! You have more will power than us.
Read more Here.
Posted by Madmaxime at July 13, 2005 05:17 PM