Harry Potter Hardcover Boxed Set (Books 1-4)
by J. K. Rowling

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• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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Book Review: Harry Potter Rules All Ages!
Summary: 5 Stars

"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" the first book in this series tells of Harry's first year at Hogwarts school. It begins when Harry as a baby is sent to live with his disgusting aunt,uncle, and cousin when he was just a baby after his parents were killed by an evil wizard. Harry grows up with no notion of being anything close to a wizard. All he know is that he is a worthless creep in the Dursley's eyes. However when he turns 11 he begins to see changes. Before he knows it he is wisked off to Hogwarts with the gamekeeper Hagrid. Thus his adventures begin. He quickly makes friends with Ron Weasly, and becomes the first first-year student to participate in Quidditch. I have to say my favorite aspects of this book was how J.K. imagined up Quidditch. Truly a work of magic. This first book totally blew me away and I read it in 3 hours.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets focuses on Harry's second year at Hogwarts. When Harry returns to the Dursley's during summer break he finds himself very not welcomed and confined to his room. Harry is more than happy to return to Hogwarts. However things at Hogwarts are not the same. The whole school is in cahoots when Finch's cat Mrs.Norris seems to have turned to stone. Harry, Ron, and Hermoine decide they have to investigate this mystery. However one day Hermoine seems to have found out something but is too mysteriously turned to stone. Soon more and more people suffer the same fate. However you won't believe who the number one suspect is, it is no other than Harry himself! This second book gripped me just as much as the first book. However for some reason I still like the first one better. The ending to this book is totally fantastic to read!

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is one of my favorites so far. Before returing to school Harry is warned by a mysterious House Elf named Dobby that someone is out to get him at Hogwarts. So Harry goes to school having bad feelings about this new year. When he gets to school Harry learns the reason why everyone is uneasy. It seems Sirius Black an escaped convict from the prison of Azkaban--is on the loose. Not only that, but he's after Harry Potter. His last words were "he's at Hogwarts." Why? The ending to this book was really very creative and totally came as a surprise. I also love the new Defense of the Dark Arts Teacher Professor Lupin. Unfortunately he turned out to be a werewolf but that is another whole different aspect of this sorry. To sum it up this book was just truly magical!!! Another thing I liked about this book is that it offered new insights into Harry's past and his parent's past. This one was spectacular and the ending totally blew me away!!! This is probably the one I want to see the most if made into a movie.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire the fourth in the seven book series started out with a bang! Harry and his friend Ron decide to go to the Quidditch World Cup. However mysteriously the Dark Mark shows up. Everybody knows that is the sign of Lord Voldemart and Harry has had enough of that evil wizard for a life time. It was kind of disappointing to know there would be no Quidditch but I was totally excited to learn of the Triwizard Tournament. Hogwarts will vie with two other magicians' schools, the stylish Beauxbatons and the icy Durmstrang schools. Harry is mysteriously allowed to participate in the tournament even though he is underage. This leads to a whole new mystery finally leading up to the end when Harry finally has his confrontation with Lord Voldemart. The ending was kind of gory but I still thought it was justified. This fourth book totally blew me away again and even though it had 700 some pages the time just flew. Usually I would never read that long of a book!

The 2 year drought is almost over now because I heard Harry Potter number 5 is coming out early 2002. However J.K. has satisfied us with two Harry Potter school books which I highly recommend you read. The are very fun! The new released movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone should be another great see! Heard it was great! It seemed this two year drought hasn't been as bad as I thought it would be when I first heard it!! I can only say that I am going to be the first in line to see the movie and see the magic of J.K. come alive!!

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