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Wizard child speed reader Toby L’Estrange will be the first in Britain to read the latest Harry Potter saga cover to cover and post his review online.

The 10-year-old with a spellbinding pace of 1,000 words a minute, has been hired by Amazon to race through the script of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child when it is published at midnight on Sunday.

And his review is expected to be online within three hours of the tome being released on Kindle.

Die-hard Potter fans will be able to read his analysis of JK Rowling’s co-written script from the smash hit West End show hours before hardback copies land on doormats across the nation.

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Schoolboy Toby of Wheathampstead, Herts., is primed to receive the play on his Kindle at a minute past midnight and is expected to finish reading the 352 page tome in around one hour 40 minutes.

Toby - whose grandmother Susan Norman is a speed reading champ - can complete a 400 page book in less than two hours.

The play is expected to take him less time and the talented youngster said: “Harry Potter and reading are my two favourite things so to be able to combine them is a dream come true.

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“My little brother, Harry, is pretty jealous, but he will be able to read all about it in my review, which I hope will be the fastest one posted to Amazon.

“I have been practising loads on my Kindle and am confident I can be the fastest reviewer, although I promise not to give away any spoilers.”

The script written by Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne is set to break pre-order records and is already being hailed as the most magical event of the publishing calendar since the last Potter book hit shelves in 2007.

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Set 19 years after the final novel - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ended - the Cursed Child Parts I and II features Harry, now a father of three and his battle with the past.

His son Albus and old Hogwarts chums Hermione and Ron also take centre stage in the sell out play that has won rave reviews from critics.

London’s Palace Theatre plans to release extra 250,000 tickets in batches with the first 300 up for grabs on August 4.