Final Potter title has a ‘Deathly’ air

We now have a title for Harry Potter VII: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.”

Author J.K. Rowling’s U.S. publisher, Scholastic Inc., released a brief statement Thursday announcing the name of the world’s most anticipated children’s book, the finale to her phenomenally popular fantasy series. No publication date or other details were offered.

Rowling is still working on the book, she explained on her website in an entry posted early Thursday.

“I’m now writing scenes that have been planned, in some cases, for a dozen years or even more,” she wrote. “I don’t think anyone who has not been in a similar situation can possibly know how this feels: I am alternately elated and overwrought. I both want, and don’t want, to finish this book (don’t worry, I will).”