The book begins in the morning of harry s birthday. I enjoyed this book because it is packed with action, fantasy and creativity. Little does he know that this year will be just as eventful as the last. I can really see why children love him, he would be a great friend to have, and his friends would make great friends for you as well. On july 31, its harrys birthday, but no one remembers. Discussion questions for harry potter and the chamber of secrets by j. The chamber of secrets is in my opinion the weakest of the harry potter books. This is the fifth installment in the world popular harry potter series. Returning to hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry after another awful summer with his guardians, the dursleys, twelveyearold harry yearns to play quidditch, improve his magical skills, and enjoy his friendships. The most remarkable publishing sensation for a generation the story is. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets is the story of a boy named harry potter a wizard attending the hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets discussion.
This special edition of harry potter and the chamber of secrets has a gorgeous new cover illustration by kazu kibuishi. The plot follows harrys second year at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, during which a series of messages on the walls of the schools corridors warn that the chamber of secrets has been opened and that the heir of slytherin would. After a marvelous year at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, harry potter is stuck spending summer break with his awful muggle nonwizard aunt and uncle, petunia and vernon dursley, and his equally horrid cousin, dudley. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets book covers. Harry potters summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a houseelf called dobby, and rescue from the dursleys by his friend ron weasley in. During a dinner party hosted by his uncle and aunt, harry is visited by dobby, a houseelf. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets is a fantasy novel written by british author j. Harry potters summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a houseelf called dobby, and rescue from the dursleys by his friend ron weasley in a magical flying car. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets paperback september 1, 2000. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets kindle edition. Kay said that as far as he knows, harry potter author j k rowling has not requested any changes. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets by jk rowling. For our next meeting we will be discussing harry potter and the chamber of secrets.
Harry potter and the chamber of secrets summary shmoop. I am longtime lover of the harry potter books, but my original collection ranged from paperback to hard back, and after i purchased them all as ebooks, i decided that i should pass my physical copies on the the local library. But just as hes 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. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets book depository. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets this was the second harry potter film directed by chris columbus, who also directed harry potter and the sorcerers stone 2001.
Harry potter and the chamber of secrets that was not in. Rowling and the second novel in the harry potter series. The book starts out with them eating breakfast on the morning of harry birthday,with unle vernon, talking about his business party. Harry potter novels, but also rowlings other books about the harry potter world. Rowling uk 1st edition harry potter and the halfblood prince uk deluxe first edition harry potter and the chamber of secrets ted smart uk 1st4th harry potter philosophers stone. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets ebook by j. Harry soon finds he is the unwanted centre of attention of three people. A plot to make most terrible things happen at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry this year. Dobby warns harry not to return to hogwarts, the magical school for wizards that harry attended the previous year. The second book in the harry potter series, harry potter and the chamber of secrets is written from the pointofview of the now12yearold harry potter. Editions for harry potter and the chamber of secrets.
This sequel to harry potter and the sorcerers stone 1998 brings back the doughty young wizardintraining to face suspicious adults, hostile classmates, fretful ghosts, rambunctious spells, giant spiders, and even an avatar of lord voldemort, the evil sorcerer who killed his parents, while saving the hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry from a deadly, mysterious menace. They are usually punished for rulebreaking, but also get away with quite a bit, especially when theyre trying to solve the mystery of the chamber of secrets they steal potion ingredients, knock out other students with a sleeping potion, and then impersonate them to get information. What are the blurbs of the harry potter books answers. The book series follows the adventures of harry potter during his time spent at hogwarts school and his faceoffs against the dark wizard voldemort. This is the second book in the harry potter series that corresponds with his 2 nd year of school at hogwarts. As with its predecessor harry potter and the chamber of secrets is a highly readable and imaginative adventure story with real, fallible, characters, plenty of humour and, of course, loads of magic and spells. Even with small changes to the story, this one is perhaps the movie with the least differences from the book. 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. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets by jk rowling waterstones. In the first book we learned that both harrys and voldemorts wands contain a phoenix feather from the same bird. All the harry potter titles are now available in large print. This discussion guide is designed to help readers explore. Events take a turn for the worse when the chamber of secrets is opened and. Could it possibly be hagrid, whose mysterious past reveals dark secrets.
Harry potter and the chamber of secrets harry potter wiki fandom. A plot to make most terrible things happen at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. There is no need to have read harry potter and the philosophers stone to enjoy this book. Buy harry potter and the chamber of secrets harry potter 2 book online at best prices in india on. Harry potter is in his bedroom looking at the picture book that rubeus hagrid gave him at the end of his first year at hogwarts. I also had recently rewatched the movie version which made it even fresher in my mind, but i discovered that by watching the movie first and then reading the book, i.
This was my second reading of harry potter and the chamber of secrets, and while i normally allow more time to pass between rereads of favorite books, it was still a fun story. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets, book 2 by j. Rowling is the author of the beloved, bestselling, recordbreaking harry potter series. Feel the magic with harry potter first edition antiquarian collectible books the harry potter books are a childrens fantasy series written by the bestselling author j. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban is, as the rest of the series, very well written, and you just get dragged into the story, you want to know how harry is getting on. Youve forgotten the magic word, says harry irritably and the dursleys go bonkers. Get harry potter and the order of the phoenix epub or pdf and start. Harry potters summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from. Harry potter thinks he is an ordinary boy until he is rescued by an owl, taken to hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, learns to play quidditch and does battle in a deadly duel. Still, it is a great read compared to 90% of other books in general, and 99% of other childrens fantasy novels. The books title refers to a chamber which was, according to legend, created somewhere in hogwarts castle by one of the founders, salazar slytherin, when he departed hogwarts. Main characters harry, ron, and hermione, models of dedicated friends, are rewarded for their bravery. Harry potter epub, pdf, mobi complete series ebook.
Harry was only looked in for one night, intil ron and his brother saved him. What is the blurb of harry potter and the chamber of secrets. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets presented by the. He is in his second year at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets sparknotes. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets wikibooks, open. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets harry potter. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets begins when harry is spending a miserable summer with his only remaining family, the dursleys. Harry potter and the deathly hallows adult first edition harry potter sirius black azkaban wanted poster. This year, before school starts, harrys muggle nonwizarding folk family the. She started writing the series during a delayed manchester to london kings cross train journey, and during the next five years, outlined the plots for each book and began writing the first novel. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets book covers harry potter and the chamber of secrets is a thoroughly engaging tale. Ok harry potter chamber secrets gryffindor paperback january 1, 2018 by. It really doesnt get much more comprehensive than this.
Rowling in this sequel to harry potter and the sorcerers stone, we find harry spending the summer vacation with his awful relatives, the dursleys, following his first year at the hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Buy harry potter and the chamber of secrets harry potter. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets introduction shmoop. Just like the first book this is superbly written with amazing descriptions to make you feel as if you are harry attending hogwarts. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix pdf was published by bloomsbury in 2003. Then we ran through some trivia questions from the harry potter board game and prizes were awarded as follows. Or could it be the one everyone at hogwarts most suspects. Accio quote basically the goto source for all direct quotes from j. Editions of harry potter and the chamber of secrets by j.
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