Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Natalie McDonald
| Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter - Character | |
| Natalie McDonald | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Hair color | Unknown |
| Eye color | Unknown |
| Related Family | Unknown |
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Overview
[edit | edit source]Natalie McDonald is a Gryffindor who arrived at Hogwarts in Harry's fourth year.
Role in the Books
[edit | edit source]Natalie McDonald was Sorted into Gryffindor House.
Strengths
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[edit | edit source]Natalie McDonald is the only real-world character to appear in the Harry Potter series. A family friend had written to ask what was going to happen in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, because Natalie, then 9 years old, was dying of leukemia and was not expected to survive the 11 months until the publication date. Due to a breakdown in communications, the author did not receive the request until the day after Natalie had passed. However, a friendship between the McDonald family and the author did result, and the author added this character to the book in Natalie's honor. (Story in Maclean's, 6 November 2000, by Brian Bethune, thanks to Accio Quote)
Questions
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