FAME '10 Decades Project - 1990's

Harry Potter

June 30, 1997

The setting of the story is in the school for witches and warlocks (Hogwarts).

the main characters in the book are, Harry Potter, Ron, Dumbledore, and Hermione

The plot of the Harry potter based around harry and his two friends trough out school getting into trouble and helping each other.

A fun fact is that when I went to see harry potter for the first time I waited in a line that started inside and it went all the way out, and I ended up being one of the last people in.

The Harry Potter series has won numerous awards. Here are some of them (from Wikipedia). Awards since the initial publication of Philosopher's Stone including four Whitaker Platinum Book Awards (all of which were awarded in 2001), three Nestle Smarties Book Prizes (1997–1999), two Scottish Arts Council Book Awards (1999 and 2001), the inaugural Whitbread children's book of the year award (1999), the WHSmith book of the year (2006), among others

The dursley's had everything they wanted but within them laid a secret. They feared that someone would find out there secret. They wanted to act like there never was a potter family, Mrs. Potter was Mrs. Dursley sister but Mr. Potter was a disgrace to the Dursley name. They wouldn't know what to do if the Potters should up to there house. They knew that they also have a son, his name Harry. They did not what there son playing with the Potters boy.

Harry Potter was one of the best work to ever come out. The book challenged kids with its long chapters and bizarre plot. The book was translated into 67 languages and is claimed to be "one of the most important pieces of Ancient Greek prose written in many centuries". Harry potter books even did better than books by Roald Dahl who made all of the books kids preferred. This book is used by instructors to improve literacy for kids because of the complexity of the dialog. That's what makes this book so significant .

Pokemon is a media franchise published and owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of inerlinkable Game Boy, Pokemon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video game-based media franchise in the world, behind only Nintendo's own Mario series. Pokemon properties have since been merchandised into anime, manga, trading cards, toys, books, and other media.

The name Pokemon is the Romanized contraction of the Japanese brand Pocket Monsters, as such contractions are very common in Japan. The term "Pokemon", in addition to referring to the Pokemon franchise itself, also collectively refers to the 493 fictional species that have made appearances in Pokemon media as of the release of the Pokemon RPG for Nintendo DS, Pokemon Platinum.

Pokemon has become a big and popular thing all over the world. It's still famous today. Kids, teenagers, even some young adults still play, watch, and read Pokemon. Pokemon is important because it changed people's views of videogames.

Basketball is a team sports in which two teams of 5 players try to score against one another by placing a ball through a 10 foot basket. Points are scored by shooting the ball through the basket from above and swishing the nylon. The team with more points at the end of the game wins, but additional time, a.k.a overtime, may be issued when they tie at the end of the game. The ball can be advanced on the court by dribbling the ball or passing it between teammates. You cannot carry or walk with the ball, and disruptive physical, foul, is penalized, and free throws will be issued if an offensive player is fouled while shooting the ball.

Through time, basketball has developed to involve many common techniques of shooting, passing, and dribbling, as well as player positions, and offensive and defensive structures. There are 5 kinds of positions, Center, Power Forward, Small Forward, Shooting Guard, and Point Guard. The tallest player on the team usually plays as the Center, tall/strong plays as Power Forward, shooters play as the Shooting guard, and playmakers, sometimes leaders, play as the Point Guard.

Basketball has developed through the years; it became big all over the world. People play basketball not just for fame and money, but also for fun.