On sale July 21.
My best guesses:
1. Harry is not a horcrux! (This idea makes no sense in light of the prophesy for one, and why would Voldemort put part of his soul into someone he might have to fight anyway). Also, were that the case, Harry can't vanquish Voldemort unless he let Voldemort cast a death spell at him, then cast one of his own at Voldemort, because all the horcruxes have to be destroyed before Voldemort can die.
2. Pettigrew still has a debt to Harry and that debt will be collected upon.
3. Neville will find his strength and confidence.
4. Bill Weasley's marriage will be the scene of a big fight, and maybe the death of one of the major characters.
5. Draco Malfoy will not be a major factor, unless he admits to himself that he is in over his head with the Deatheaters and turns coat.
6. We will find out that Harry is Dumbledore's heir, and among the things he gets is the pensieve and a bunch of very instructive memories.
7. About Deaths: First, we are assuming that either Harry or Voldemort dies. I believe that Harry lives, because it is a children's/YA series after all and the central character of such series never die, JKR will not buck that canon. Otherwise: My handicapping, in order of likelihood (IMHO):
Ron, Percy, Pettigrew, Fred/George, Neville, Lupin, Hagrid, Hermione, Petunia, Dudley, Tonks, Mr./Mrs. Weasley, Malfoy, Ginny, Bill, Fleur, Luna, Snape.
8. Finally, about Snape:
Snape is Snape. He is beyond the sort of simplistic categorization as "good" or "evil", IMHO. I do believe he is not as evil as he appeared at the end of HBP. It would take too much space to really go into this in detail, but consider this:
It is well known that Snape played the double-agent prior to the death of Harry's parents, and there is no reason to believe he wasn't still a double agent on the anti-Voldemort side. Why then did he bind himself to the success of Draco's mission and then actually kill Dumbledore?
My answer: Dumbledore knew that destroying Slytherin's ring had fatally wounded him and Snape knew so too. Therefore he allowed himself to be bound to Dumbledore"s death, a death he knew was imminent and against which he knew Dumbeldore had taken precautions to ensure that his death would not derail the anti-Voldemort movement.
Now, on the other hand, if Snape has turned coats; why did he not kill Harry* or disable him and take him helpless to Voldemort? JKR made it clear that Harry is no match for Snape as a wizard (yet). If you look at Snapes "taunts" at Harry and put them into anyone else's mouth, they're very good advice on what Harry needs yet to learn to fight strong adult wizards on anything like equal terms.
My answer is that Dumbledore at some point shortly after Harry was orphaned made Snape take an unbreakable vow to protect Harry. This fits in perfectly with Snape's actions toward Harry in the books thus far. Yes, Snape is a mean SOB to Harry, but that is Snape's personality, and he didn't vow to be nice to Harry after all.
My conclusion is that in Book Seven, Snape will act covertly and eventually overtly to aid Harry, that he will likely live, and that Harry will be just as in the dark over Snape's motivations as when Harry entered Hogwarts. (BTW, the above is why I don't think Harry will die. If I'm right, then Snape dies too if Harry dies, and Snape is the ultimate survivor).
*My reading of the prophecy is that there is no requirement that either has to directly kill the other, just that one no longer lives, so I think Snape certainly could have killed Harry and talked his way out of it afterwards
2007-06-16 18:06:22
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answered by WolverLini 7
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No one for sure except for JK Rowling and her publishers. There are a lot of theories floating around the Internet. If you want to look at them, just google Harry Potter theories and you'll get hundreds of websites filled with peoples' guesses about Harry Potter.
As for the release date, the seventh book comes out this July 21st and the fifth movie comes out July 13th
2007-06-16 10:28:02
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answered by Dusty DayDreams 6
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Not a clue what will happen, just lots of guesses. Comes out on July 21. Whole family is waiting impatiently.
2007-06-16 10:26:04
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answered by jessjwoof 5
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Book is out July 21st but you can pre order now all over the place. As amazon.com alone has over 1/2 million orders in you might want to put in that pre-order and check if there are any guarentee delivery dates as with amazon.com
2007-06-16 10:35:18
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answered by linnea13 5
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well, no one knows for sure whats gonna happen, except for people like jk rowling and her publishers and stuff, there are some guesses and possibilities...and clues that people have put together from previous books...like for example...a lot of people asked whether harry will be going back to hogwarts...the answer is yes...jk rowling said so...she said seven books, seven years of hogwarts...the book comes out july 21...
2007-06-16 10:29:33
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answered by Anonymous
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i've heard a rumor that Harry dies and July 21st. It's 784 pages i think
2007-06-16 10:28:19
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answered by ilovejohnnydepp 2
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answered by finkle 4
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july 21st 2007
2007-06-16 10:25:01
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answered by itsrainingpickles 2
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jk rowling said what happens:
he grows up and marries you.
2007-06-16 11:22:18
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answered by Claire 2
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