Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban

Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban

Harry Potter is lucky to reach the age of thirteen, since he has survived the murderous attacks of the feared Dark Lord on more than one occasion. But his hopes for a quiet school term concentrating on Quidditch are dashed when a maniacal mass-murderer escapes from Azkaban, pursued by the soul-sucking Dementors who guard the prison. It's assumed that Hogwarts is the safest place for Harry to be. But is it a coincidence that he can feel eyes watching him in the dark, and should he be taking Professor Trelawney's ghoulish predictions seriously?

Reviews

“Fast, dark, exciting and tightly plotted” –  Daily Mail

“A gripping story with its clues trailed through the text, chills, spills and some excellent, new comic characters. There is a measure of sadness too . . . one of the elements of Rowling's writing that I think entitles her to a seat in the pantheon” –  Julian Fellowes, Sunday Telegraph

“Funny, imaginative, magical . . . Rowling has woken up a whole generation to reading. In the 2020s, thirty-something book-lovers will know each other by smug references to Diagon Alley and Quidditch” –  The Times