Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3)
by J.K. Rowling
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Author: J.K. RowlingBrand: Listening Library (Audio)
Reader: Jim Dale
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Published: 2000-02-01
ISBN: 0807282324
Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)
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- ISBN13: 9780807282328
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3)
Book Review: Excellent sequel to Chamber of Secrets!
Summary: 5 Stars
The trouble starts for Harry with a weeklong visit from cruel Aunt Marge who goads and torments Harry until he snaps! The visit ends with a bloated Aunt Marge floating near the ceiling and Harry fleeing from the Dursley's home. Fearing that he is in trouble for using magic outside of school and he will be reprimanded by the Ministry of Magic, Harry makes his way that night to Diagon Alley on the Knight Bus. At the Leaky Caldron, Harry accidentally runs into Cornelius Fudge and finds out that he isn't expelled from Hogwarts or even in trouble at all for the magic he used on Aunt Marge! Two weeks later, Harry meets up with his best friends, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Ron's family. However, the night before Harry returns to Hogwarts, he overhears Mr. and Mrs. Weasley talking about Sirius Black who is rumored to be a Servant of Lord Voldemort and who murdered thirteen people with one curse. Black escaped from Azkaban and the only hint he left behind were the words, "He's at Hogwarts...he's at Hogwarts." The next day on the Hogwarts Express, several dementors enter the train and search for Black. One of the dementors severely affects Harry with its dark power until the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor R. J. Lupin, makes it leave. When the students arrive at Hogwarts, Dumbledore announces that Hagrid will be the new "Care of Magical Creatures" teacher. During Harry's first lesson with Hagrid, Hagrid warns the class that the hippogriffs they are working with (creatures half horse, half eagle) are proud and will attack if insulted. Harry successfully flies on the back of a hippogriff called Buckbeak but when Malfoy takes his turn, he insults the hippogriff and gets a deep slash down his arm. When the Gryffindors return to their tower after the Halloween Night feast, they find that the Fat Lady's portrait has been torn. The students and staff then learn from the school poltergeist, Peeves, that Black had tried to enter the tower but couldn't without the password so he attacked. During the first Quidditch match of the season, Harry sees a large black dog that he thinks is a Grim, an omen of death for anyone who sees it. Then dementors swarm the field and Harry falls from his broomstick. The broomstick is blown away and hits the Whomping Willow. At Christmas, while the other students third year and above are at Hogsmeade, Fred and George give Harry the Marauder's Map written by Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs which shows Harry a side of Hogwarts he has never seen before. Mysteriously, at Christmas, an anonymous person sends Harry the best broom in the world, a Firebolt! Right after Harry finishes his Divination exam, on the day that Buckbeak is to be executed, Professor Trelawney goes into a trance and predicts that Voldemort will return with his Servant's help. All your questions will be answered and mysteries solved, along with exciting plot twists and turns in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. It's a must-read!
Summary of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3)
Read by Jim DaleRunning time: 11 hrs., 48 mins. 10 CDs.
For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort.
Now he has escaped, leaving only two clues as to where he might be headed: Harry Potter's defeat of You-Know-Who was Black's downfall as well. And the Azkban guards heard Black muttering in his sleep, "He's at Hogwarts...he's at Hogwarts."
Harry Potter isn't safe, not even within the walls of his magical school, surrounded by his friends. Because on top of it all, there may well be a traitor in their midst.
For most children, summer vacation is something to look forward to. But not for our 13-year-old hero, who's forced to spend his summers with an aunt, uncle, and cousin who detest him. The third book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series catapults into action when the young wizard "accidentally" causes the Dursleys' dreadful visitor Aunt Marge to inflate like a monstrous balloon and drift up to the ceiling. Fearing punishment from Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon (and from officials at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry who strictly forbid students to cast spells in the nonmagic world of Muggles), Harry lunges out into the darkness with his heavy trunk and his owl Hedwig.
As it turns out, Harry isn't punished at all for his errant wizardry. Instead he is mysteriously rescued from his Muggle neighborhood and whisked off in a triple-decker, violently purple bus to spend the remaining weeks of summer in a friendly inn called the Leaky Cauldron. What Harry has to face as he begins his third year at Hogwarts explains why the officials let him off easily. It seems that Sirius Black--an escaped convict from the prison of Azkaban--is on the loose. Not only that, but he's after Harry Potter. But why? And why do the Dementors, the guards hired to protect him, chill Harry's very heart when others are unaffected? Once again, Rowling has created a mystery that will have children and adults cheering, not to mention standing in line for her next book. Fortunately, there are four more in the works. (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson
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