Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Dursleys were so mean and hideous all summer that Harry couldn’t wait to get back to the Hogwarts Schools of Witchcraft and Wizardry. 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... And strike it does. For in Harry's second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor, Gilderoy Lockhart; a spirit named Moaning Myrtle who haunts the girls' bathroom; and the unwanted attention of Ginny Weasley. But then the real trouble begins, and someone—or something—starts turning Hogwarts students to stone. 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 himself?
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Gold Medal 9-11 years (1998); FCBG Children’s Book Award Overall winner and Longer Novel Category (1998); North East Scotland Book Award (1998); The Booksellers Association Author of the Year (1998); British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year (1998); North East Book Award (1999); Scottish Arts Council Children’s Book Award (1999); Whitaker’s Platinum Book Award (2001)
About the Harry Potter Series
Books in series order
- 1.Harry Potter and the Philosopher's (Sorcerer's) Stone(1997)
- 2.Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets(1998)
- 3.Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(1999)
- 4.Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(2000)
- 5.Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix(2003)
- 6.Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince(2005)
- 7.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows(2007)
- +Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them(2001)
- +Quidditch Through the Ages(2001)
- +The Tales of Beedle the Bard(2008)
Reading age: 9–18 years
This series should be read in order.
Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary boy. He lives with his Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia and his cousin Dudley, who make him sleep in a cupboard under the stairs. Then Harry starts receiving mysterious letters and his life is changed forever. He is whisked away by a giant and enrolled in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The reason: Harry Potter is a wizard!
At Hogwarts, Harry receives training in magic, masters riding a broomstick, and discovers his incredible talent for the wizard sport of Quidditch. And for the first time in his life, Harry has friends who care about him: his fellow students Hermione and Ron and a giant named Hagrid. But all is not rosy when Harry discovers his true destiny and finds he must face the evil one who killed his parents. His survival will depend upon the help of his newfound friends, as well as his own wit and powers.