I was once again amazed by Jim Kay’s illustrations, which do an excellent job of capturing the spirit of the story. Once again, I held off on my annual rereading of the Harry Potter books in anticipation of the release of the fully illustrated Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Review: First banned book review in far too long! In fact, it was little over a year ago today that I posted my review of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s 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 that everyone at Hogwarts most suspects, Harry Potter himself!” But each of these seem minor annoyances when the real trouble begins, and someone – or something – starts turning Hogwarts students to stone. For in Harry’s second year at Hogwarts, fresh torment 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 attentions of Ron Weasley’s younger sister, Ginny. 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. “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”īook Jacket Synopsis: “The Dursleys were so mean and hideous that summer that all Harry Potter wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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