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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets


Harry Potter

School year: Year 5, Year 6, Year 7

No. of pages 384

Published: 2018

Great for age 6-12 years

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This is book 2 in the series 'Harry Potter'. It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities Albus Dumbledore Harry Potter cant wait for his holidays with the dire Dursleys to end. But a small, self-punishing house-elf warns Harry of mortal danger awaiting him at Hogwarts. Returning to the castle nevertheless, Harry hears a rumour about a Chamber of Secrets, holding unknown horrors for wizards of Muggle parentage. Then students are found as though turned to stone, and a terrible warning is discovered painted on the wall. The chief suspect always in the wrong place is Harry. But something much darker has yet to be unleashed. These adult editions have been stylishly redesigned to showcase Andrew Davidsons beautiful woodcut cover artwork.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is part of a book series called Harry Potter .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.

There are 384 pages in this book. This book was published in 2018 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .

J K Rowling grew up in a small village on the English/Welsh border. In 1990, after moving to London, she was sitting on a delayed train back home from Manchester when she had the idea of a boy wizard who went to wizarding school. It took a year for her agent Christopher Little to find a publisher. Lots of them turned it down. In June 1997 Bloomsbury published Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone under the name J. K. Rowling. The next six books of the Harry Potter series took her nearly another 10 years to write and publish, with the movies based on the books released in between publications. JK also wrote three short Hogwarts Library companion books for charity: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in aid of Comic Relief, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard in aid of Lumos. In 2016 she worked with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany to continue Harrys story in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which opened in London, followed by the USA and Australia. She also wrote the screenplay for the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the first in a series of new adventures, taking place before the time of Harry Potter, featuring wizarding world magizoologist Newt Scamander, the author of the book she created for Comic Relief in 2001. The second film, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, was released in 2018, and the third in 2022. JK has also written The Ickabog, and The Christmas Pig, a standalone adventure story about a boys love for his most treasured thing and how far he will go to find it. The author lives in Scotland with her family and two dogs. https://stories. jkrowling. com/en-us/home/

 

This book contains the following story:

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry is desperate to get back to Hogwarts, but just as he's packing his bags, Dobby, one of the Hogwarts house elves, apparates at the Dursleys and warns him he must not return to Hogwarts. Ignoring him, Harry returns but Dobby was right about Hogwarts not being safe, as 'someone' has opened the Chamber of Secrets and the monster within is petrifying students. Hagrid is suspected, and the students fear they will all be sent home. But Harry, Hermione and Ron are determined they will find the real culprit, defeat the monster and clear Hagrid's name.

This book is in the following series:

Harry Potter
This series of seven books follows the adventures of our hero, Harry Potter, as he attempts to defeat the evil wizard Voldemort.

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Children's Book Award - Long Novel
This book was recognised in the Long Novel category by the Children's Book Award.

Children's Book Award
This book was recognised by the Children's Book Award.

Whitbread Book Award
This book was recognised by the Whitbread Book Award.

The Audies
This book was recognised by the The Audies.

BBC Book Awards - Big Read Top 100
This book was recognised in the Big Read Top 100 category by the Bbc Book Awards.

Smarties Book Award - Ages 9-11 Years
This book was recognised in the Ages 9-11 Years category by the Smarties Book Award.

Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books - Audiobook
This book was recognised in the Audiobook category of the Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books.

Smarties Book Award
This book was recognised by the Smarties Book Award.

Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Audiobook
This book was recognised in the Audiobook category by the Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens.

Whitaker Platinum Book Award
This book was recognised by the Whitaker Platinum Book Award.

This book features the following character:

Harry Potter
This book features Rowling's character, Harry Potter.

And you thought wizardry was for children. Harry Potter will make you think again. He casts his spells on grown-ups too * James Naughtie *

 

Funny, imaginative, magical ... In the 2020s, thirty-something book-lovers will know each other by smug references to Diagon Alley and Quidditch * The Times *

 

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, unlike many sequels, is as good as its predecessor ... Hogwarts is a creation of genius * Times Literary Supplement *

 

One of the greatest literary adventures of modern times * Sunday Telegraph *

 

Spellbinding, enchanting, bewitching stuff * Mirror *