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Harry Potter and the transfiguration of boys’ and girls’ literacies. / Dempster, Steven; Sunderland, Jane; Thistlethwaite, Joanne.
In: New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship, Vol. 21, No. 2, 2015, p. 91-112.

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Dempster, S, Sunderland, J & Thistlethwaite, J 2015, 'Harry Potter and the transfiguration of boys’ and girls’ literacies', New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 91-112. https://doi.org/10.1080/13614541.2015.1078623

APA

Dempster, S., Sunderland, J., & Thistlethwaite, J. (2015). Harry Potter and the transfiguration of boys’ and girls’ literacies. New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship, 21(2), 91-112. https://doi.org/10.1080/13614541.2015.1078623

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Dempster S, Sunderland J, Thistlethwaite J. Harry Potter and the transfiguration of boys’ and girls’ literacies. New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship. 2015;21(2):91-112. Epub 2015 Nov 3. doi: 10.1080/13614541.2015.1078623

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Dempster, Steven ; Sunderland, Jane ; Thistlethwaite, Joanne. / Harry Potter and the transfiguration of boys’ and girls’ literacies. In: New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship. 2015 ; Vol. 21, No. 2. pp. 91-112.

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