harry potter and the chamber of secrets by jk rowling

Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects.Harry Potter himself? For in Harry's second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageous stuck-up new professor, Gilderoy Lockheart, a spirit named Moaning Myrtle who haunts the girls' bathroom, and the unwanted attentions of Ron Weasley's younger sister, Ginny.īut each of these seem minor annoyances when the real trouble begins, and someone-or something-starts turning Hogwarts students to stone. But just as he's packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature named Dobby who says that if Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike.Īnd strike is does. The Dursleys were so mean and hideous that summer that all Harry Potter wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. (Ages 9 and older) -Karin Snelson From the Inside Flap: Once again, Rowling writes with a combination of wit, whimsy, and a touch of the macabre that will leave readers young and old desperate for the next installment. This deliciously suspenseful novel is every bit as gripping, imaginative, and creepy as the first familiar student concerns-fierce rivalry, blush-inducing crushes, pedantic professors-seamlessly intertwine with the bizarre, horrific, fantastical, or just plain funny. Enemies of the Heir, Beware.' But what exactly does it mean? Harry, Hermione, and Ron do everything that is wizardly possible-including risking their own lives-to solve this 50-year-old, seemingly deadly mystery. The mysteriously gleaming, foot-high words on the wall proclaim, 'The Chamber of Secrets Has Been Opened.

Soon it's not just Harry who is worried about survival, as dreadful things begin to happen at Hogwarts. Still, all this seems like a day in the park compared to what happens that fall within the haunted halls of Hogwarts.Ĭhilling, malevolent voices whisper from the walls only to Harry, and it seems certain that his classmate Draco Malfoy is out to get him. But when his only transportation option is a magical flying car, it is just his luck to crash into a valuable (but clearly vexed) Whomping Willow.

As if it's not bad enough that after a long summer with the horrid Dursleys he is thwarted in his attempts to hop the train to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to begin his second year. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the much anticipated sequel to the award-winning Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, he is in terrible danger indeed.

It's hard to fall in love with an earnest, appealing young hero like Harry Potter and then to watch helplessly as he steps into terrible danger! And in J.K.

Harry potter and the chamber of secrets by jk rowling