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To
Jill Prewett and Aine Kiely,
the
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Harry
Potter , along with his best friends, Ron and Hermione, is about to start
his third year at Hogwarts
School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry can't wait to go back to
school after the summer holidays. (Who wouldn't
if they
lived with the horrible Dursleys?) But when Harry gets to Hogwarts, the
sinister prison guard of Azkaban have been called in to guard the
school ...
About
The
third book in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series catapults into action
when the young wizard "accidentally" causes the Dursleys'
dreadful visitor Aunt Marge to inflate like a monstrous balloon and drift
up to the ceiling. Fearing punishment from Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon
(and from officials at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry who
strictly forbid students to cast spells in the nonmagic world of Muggles),
Harry lunges out into the darkness with his heavy trunk and his owl Hedwig.
As it turns out, Harry isn't punished at all for his errant wizardry.
Instead he is mysteriously rescued from his Muggle neighborhood and
whisked off in a triple-decker, violently purple bus to spend the
remaining weeks of summer in a friendly inn called the Leaky Cauldron.
What Harry has to face as he begins his third year at Hogwarts explains
why the officials let him off easily. It seems that Sirius Black - an
escaped convict from the prison of Azkaban - is on the loose. Not only
that, but he's after Harry Potter. But why? And why do the Dementors, the
guards hired to protect him, chill Harry's very heart when others are
unaffected?
What people say about this
book:
'Chldren
gripped by the funny, quirky and imaginative storylines of J. K. Rowling's
books will undoubtedly be hooked again.'
The Daily Mail
'The
most eagerly awaited children's book for years.'
The Evening Standard
'Spellbinding,
enchanting, bewitching stuff.'
The Mirror
'J.
K. Rowling deserves all the plaudits that are being heaped upon her. For
once, the word phenomenon is an understatement.'
Scotland on Sunday
'The
Harry Potter books are that rare thing , a series of stories adored by
parents and children alike.'
The Daily Telegraph
'Isn't it reassuring
that some things just get better and better? This is a fabulously entertaining
read that will have Harry Potter fans cheering for more.'
School Library Journal
Once
again, Rowling has created a mystery that will have children and adults
cheering, not to mention standing in line for her next book. Fortunately,
there are four more in the works. (Ages 9 and more)
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