Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J. K. Rowling [0]
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rowling, J. K.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban / by J. K. Rowling.
p. cm.
Sequel to: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Summary: During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his parents' deaths.
ISBN 0-439-13635-0
[1. Wizards—Fiction. 2. Magic—Fiction. 3. Schools—Fiction.
4. England—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.R79835Ham 1999
[Fie]—dc21 99-23982
60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51
Printed in the U.S.A. 12
First American edition, October 1999
CONTENTS
ONE - Owl Post
TWO - Aunt Marge's Big Mistake
THREE - The Knight Bus
FOUR - The Leaky Cauldron
FIVE - The Dementor
SIX - Talons and Tea Leaves
SEVEN - The Boggart in the Wardrobe
EIGHT - Flight of the Fat Lady
NINE - Grim Defeat
TEN - The Marauder's Map
ELEVEN - The Firebolt
TWELVE - The Patronus
THIRTEEN - Gryffindor versus Ravenclaw
FOURTEEN - Snape's Gruge
FIFTEEN - The Quidditch Final
SIXTEEN - Professor Trelawney's Predction
SEVENTEEN - Cat, Rat and Dog
EIGHTEEN - Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs
NINETEEN - The Servant of Lord Voldermort
TWENTY - The Dementor's Kiss
TWENTY-ONE - Hermione's Secret
TWENTY-TWO - Owl Post Again
Owl Post
Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways. For one thing, he hated the summer holidays more than any other time of year. For another, he really wanted to do his homework but was forced to do it in secret, in the dead of night. And he also happened to be a wizard.
It was nearly midnight, and he was lying on his stomach in bed, the blankets drawn right over his head like a tent, a flashlight in one hand and a large leather-bound book (A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot) propped open against the pillow. Harry moved the tip of his eagle-feather quill down the page, frowning as he looked for something that would help him write his essay, “Witch Burning in the Fourteenth Century Was Completely Pointless — discuss.”
The quill paused at the top of a likely-looking paragraph. Harry pushed his round glasses up the bridge of his nose, moved his flashlight closer to the book, and read:
Non-magic people (more commonly known as Muggles) were particularly afraid of magic in medieval times, but not very good at recognizing it. On the rare occasion that they did catch a real witch or wizard, burning had no effect whatsoever. The witch or wizard would perform a basic Flame Freezing Charm and then pretend to shriek with pain while enjoying a gentle, tickling sensation. Indeed, Wendelin the Weird enjoyed being burned so much that she allowed herself to be caught no less than forty-seven times in various disguises.
Harry put his quill between his teeth and reached underneath his pillow for his ink bottle and a roll of parchment. Slowly and very carefully he unscrewed the ink bottle, dipped his quill into it, and began to write, pausing every now and then to listen, because if any of the Dursleys heard the scratching of his quill on their way to the bathroom, he’d probably find himself locked in the cupboard under the stairs for the rest of the summer.
The Dursley family of number four, Privet Drive, was the reason that Harry never enjoyed