Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Product Details
- Reading level: Ages 9-12
- Hardcover: 448 pages
- Publisher: Scholastic; 1 edition (September 8, 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0439136350
- ISBN-13: 978-0439136358
or most children, summer vacation is something to look forward to.
But not for our 13-year-old hero, who’s forced to spend his summers with
an aunt, uncle, and cousin who detest him. 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? 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 older) –Karin Snelson
From Publishers Weekly
Rowling proves that she has plenty of tricks left up her sleeve in this third Harry Potter adventure, set once again at the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. Right before the start of term, a supremely dangerous criminal breaks out of a supposedly impregnable wizards’ prison; it will come as no surprise to Potter fans that the villain, a henchman of Harry’s old enemy Lord Voldemort, appears to have targeted Harry. In many ways this installment seems to serve a transitional role in the seven-volume series: while many of the adventures are breathlessly relayed, they appear to be laying groundwork for even more exciting adventures to come. The beauty here lies in the genius of Rowling’s plotting. Seemingly minor details established in books one and two unfold to take on unforeseen significance, and the finale, while not airtight in its internal logic, is utterly thrilling. Rowling’s wit never flags, whether constructing the workings of the wizard world (Just how would a magician be made to stay behind bars?) or tossing off quick jokes (a grandmother wears a hat decorated with a stuffed vulture; the divination classroom looks like a tawdry tea shop). The Potter spell is holding strong. All ages.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Rowling proves that she has plenty of tricks left up her sleeve in this third Harry Potter adventure, set once again at the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. Right before the start of term, a supremely dangerous criminal breaks out of a supposedly impregnable wizards’ prison; it will come as no surprise to Potter fans that the villain, a henchman of Harry’s old enemy Lord Voldemort, appears to have targeted Harry. In many ways this installment seems to serve a transitional role in the seven-volume series: while many of the adventures are breathlessly relayed, they appear to be laying groundwork for even more exciting adventures to come. The beauty here lies in the genius of Rowling’s plotting. Seemingly minor details established in books one and two unfold to take on unforeseen significance, and the finale, while not airtight in its internal logic, is utterly thrilling. Rowling’s wit never flags, whether constructing the workings of the wizard world (Just how would a magician be made to stay behind bars?) or tossing off quick jokes (a grandmother wears a hat decorated with a stuffed vulture; the divination classroom looks like a tawdry tea shop). The Potter spell is holding strong. All ages.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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