HP?

I haven't read Harry Potter, so I can't really comment there. I'll ask my wife who read it immediately.

I am enjoying Milagro Beanfield War. I hadn't read it before, nor have I seen the movie version. Like Song of Solomon, the book is obviously political and a bit preachy but not simplistic. A novelist I admire, Milan Kundera, says that literary novels are the place where every significant character has the right to be understood no matter what anyone, even the author, thinks of their behavior. Both of these books pass this test.

I'm not tearing through the book, but the writer knows some stuff, the characters are increasingly interesting, and the situation and events aren't completely obvious.

I doubt that contemporary high school students will read this without threats or rewards or some mix of both. Is anybody trying this one?