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The final book of the Harry Potter series has finally had its title announced. Yahoo! News ran a story yesterday about how Scholastic Inc. (J.K. Rowling’s U.S. Publisher) had announced the name of one of the most anticipated books of all time.

Do you want to know what the title is? You’ll have to play a little game of Hangman to find out. First visit www.jkrowling.com and navigate your way through a bunch of hidden links to find the Hangman game. If you don’t want to guess and stumble through it on your own, here’s the list of steps you need to take:

First, click on the eraser. That will take you to a room with a window, a door and a mirror.
In the mirror, you’ll see a hallway. Click on the farthest doorknob and look for the Christmas tree.
Click on the center of the door next to the mirror and a wreath will appear.
Then click on the top of the mirror and you’ll see a garland.
Look for a cobweb next to the door. Click on it, and it will disappear.
Now, look at the chimes in the window. Click on the second chime to the right.
Drag the chime, which will turn into a key, to the lock to open the door.
Click on the wrapped gift behind the door to open the gift.
Then click on it again to play a game of hangman and figure out the new title.

So there you go. Jump through all those hoops and you’ll find out for yourself what the name of the final Harry Potter book is. I’ve done it, but I won’t give away the title here. You’ll have to figure it out for yourself.
And, no, there’s no date announced yet for when the book will be released. And HecklerSpray says that the announced title is really a hoax to make you think that Harry Potter might come to a bad end. The “real” title, they say, is Harry Potter And The Lovely Rainbow-Coloured Munchkin Rabbits Of Bibbledy Bobbledy Lane.