Harry Potter loses power to scandalise book borrowers

AFTER four years at the top of the list, it seems Harry Potter has lost some of his magic - to offend.

The American Library Association (ALA) has published a top-10 list of books that its members received the most complaints about in 2003, and Harry has been relegated to second place.

JK Rowling’s enchanting series of tales about the boy wizard had been top of the pile from 1999 to 2002 inclusive, as a number of concerned parents, mostly Christian fundamentalists, complained that the stories celebrated witchcraft and evil-doing.