Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2)
by J.K. Rowling
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Author: J.K. RowlingBrand: Scholastic
Illustrator: Mary GrandPr?
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1999-06-02
ISBN: 0439064864
Number of pages: 352
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
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Summary: 5 Stars
All of the Harry Potter books are very well written. The characters are well developed and the plot is interesting. What that means to a reader is: you want to know more about the people in the story. They become friends (or enemies) that you want to know all about. You can't wait to get to the next installment. J.K. Rowling has the knack for creating that kind of feeling.
This book is the second in the series. It takes Harry through his second year at Hogwarts. It has interesting new characters, and new spells, and new information about the "Wizarding World", as it's called. But more than that it gives us a glimpse into the lives of our beloved stars of the first book. Draws us into their lives even further, with the result that we want to know more.
In general, these are classed as Children's Books, but in fact they are people books. Most Children's Books are a little on the shallow side. These are very deep books with deep insites into the thoughts and personalities of the main characters. It is true that the main characters are children, but they are treated as real people in the books.
Very well done!
Jim Umber
Summary of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2)
In one of the most hotly anticipated sequels in memory, J.K. Rowling takes up where she left with Harry's second year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Old friends and new torments abound, including a spirit named Moaning Myrtle who haunts the girl's bathroom, an outrageously conceited professor, Gilderoy Lockheart, and a mysterious force that turns Hogwarts students to stone.It's hard to fall in love with an earnest, appealing young hero like Harry Potter and then to watch helplessly as he steps into terrible danger! And in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the much anticipated sequel to the award-winning Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, he is in terrible danger indeed. As if it's not bad enough that after a long summer with the horrid Dursleys he is thwarted in his attempts to hop the train to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to begin his second year. But when his only transportation option is a magical flying car, it is just his luck to crash into a valuable (but clearly vexed) Whomping Willow. Still, all this seems like a day in the park compared to what happens that fall within the haunted halls of Hogwarts.
Chilling, malevolent voices whisper from the walls only to Harry, and it seems certain that his classmate Draco Malfoy is out to get him. Soon it's not just Harry who is worried about survival, as dreadful things begin to happen at Hogwarts. The mysteriously gleaming, foot-high words on the wall proclaim, "The Chamber of Secrets Has Been Opened. Enemies of the Heir, Beware." But what exactly does it mean? Harry, Hermione, and Ron do everything that is wizardly possible--including risking their own lives--to solve this 50-year-old, seemingly deadly mystery. This deliciously suspenseful novel is every bit as gripping, imaginative, and creepy as the first; familiar student concerns--fierce rivalry, blush-inducing crushes, pedantic professors--seamlessly intertwine with the bizarre, horrific, fantastical, or just plain funny. Once again, Rowling writes with a combination of wit, whimsy, and a touch of the macabre that will leave readers young and old desperate for the next installment. (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson
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