Harry Potter

Harry Potter is widely read by most CTYers and could be called an obsession. This especially came into play during Session 2 of 2005, when the 6th Harry Potter book had been released the day before CTY started. Although some CTYers stayed up reading the entire book the night before CTY, many brought it with them to camp and proceeded to spend the next week or so reading it. This mass reading was greatly promoted by at least one "Silent Reading" activity per day. At Carlisle, Harry Potter spoilers were declared contraband by the RAs and site director, who had not finished reading it yet. Nevertheless, spoiler fear ran rampant and terrorized those who had not yet read the book, spurring them on to even greater reading speeds even as "Harry Potter Discussion Group" became an official activity.