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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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This book is the best in the series and I can bet my life on the fact that it will remain that way until the end of these books. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is nothing short of brilliant, and I canï¿t explain the feeling you get when you are reading it. It is endlessly entertaining and amazingly original, you wonder where J.K. Rowling could ever get these ideas. It also brings up some new facts in the characters and some brand new magical creatures that I wonï¿t give away just in case you havenï¿t read it. I doubt you havenï¿t read it, though, because basically the whole world is in love with these books and could finish them in a couple of days. The games of Quidditch are still fabulously entertaining. The characters are now pubescent which makes them able to feel new emotions ï¿ it keeps you awake at night wondering what will happen next. The finale is totally grand, mixing totally shocking ideas into magically nice descriptive language that truly brings to life a whole new revolution. I havenï¿t met one person who hasnï¿t claimed that this book is just great, flawless and spectacular. It seems everyone nowadays has good taste in books! Hooray for Harry Potter!

"Prisoner of Azkaban" remains my favorite of the Harry Potter Series. Sirius Black is officially my favorite character now, and if you go back and read the first book, you are surprised to find that his name was mentioned in the first chapter. That's how well J. K. Rowling writes, and has everything planned out. Year 3 in the set of (four now) books is the most interesting and satisfying. The only problem was that it put Professor Snape under a new light...a bad one. Before this book, he was an interesting and seemingly justifiably nasty (wow, lots of "y's") character, but in this one, he goes too far. The rest of the book, however, is wonderful. The Dementors are truly terrifying if you allow them to be, and Professor Lupin is a pleasent surprise to the world of rapidly dissapearing Defense-of-Dark-Arts teachers. Charaters are developing insights and backrounds. I find that I read these books not for Harry, but for all the supporting "cast-members." We know all about Harry's past by this installment, and it's refreshing to know more about everyone elses. I only hope that the fifth book measures up to the standards I have set by this one. (And hopefully it's not as long and dragged out as the fourth, although it was emotionally enjoyable.) Thanks for putting up with my opinions.

One day, Harry Potter is just an average kid trying to survive life in the suburbs with his emotionally abusive aunt and uncle, and the next he's a famous wizard with friends in powerful places. J.K. Rowling has a wonderful imagination and an incredible ability to tell a great story, while creating a very likeable hero in the process. Like Dahl's Matilda, her books are about children becoming empowered to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles -- particularly adults who are evil. Incidentally, I fail to see how the books are becoming "darker." There are all kinds of positive lessons in this book. One important underlying theme is that not all things are what they seem (i.e. Scabbers, Sirius Black, Professor Lupin). I don't think that's such a bad lesson to teach children. Rowling also provides an innovative object lesson on overcoming our worst fears (the boggart). My 13-year-old daughter and I can hardly wait for book number four.

I've held out for so long, being a die-hard fiction fan, refusing to read the Harry Potter books. I usually stick with bestsellers such as MIDDLESEX or even the ubiquitous DA VINCI CODE (which,if you haven't read ARE great) but now I'm hooked on the HP series. No wonder Rowling wrote so many as she was in love with her characters as much as we all are. Great fun and not at all what I'd expect.

It was surprisingly a good read. I enjoy it very much. Harry finally stood up on his own (against the Dursley) makes me smile. Ah, the joy of seeing them panic over magic... just like good old days in Book 1. The author is good in leaving her readers with several suspicions as to who Sirius really is. The answer is very satisfying. I also enjoy reading about all the exciting classes the students have at Hogwarts. (especially Professor Lupin's and the ever-so-useful Marauders' Map)
I recommand this wonderful book for anybody thrilling for an exciting read.

The third book in the Harry Potter series follows 13-year old Harry as he runs away from home and returns to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This year, the Minister of Magic himself is taking a personal interest in Harry's safety because Sirius Black (who was instrumental in the deaths of Harry's parents), has escaped from Azkaban wizard prison after muttering ominously, "HE'S at Hogwarts!"

The second half of the book concerns the days when Harry's parents were students at Hogwarts with Sirius Black, Severus Snape, and Remus Lupin, who happens to be the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, and a wonderfully sympathetic character. With the help of his pals Ron and Hermione, Harry finally comes face to face with Black and learns what really happened to his parents. This is an exciting page-turner that HP fans will love.

I thought I was going to get the Scholastic Edition but I got something different. Not bad but not what I was expecting. Sorry about that.

When the dangerous murderer Sirius Black is heard whispering words about somebody who's at Hogwarts and manages to escape his prison cell down in Azkaban, the whole school is putting heavy security around the school, including some of the wizard prison's most dangerous guards, the dementors. Through the whole year, students try to live their school life while under the fear that Sirius Black may infiltrate the school and attack whom everybody suspect will be his next victim. Harry Potter!

Being one of the most popular volumes in the series, this chapter of the Harry Potter saga involves incredible adventures for Harry and his friends to explore. Such as the wizard village of Hogsmeade, the shrieking shack, and also a new Defense against the Dark Arts teacher teacher, who is one of the most popular in the series and a true example of a teacher.

Like the first two volume, this book is a cracking good read and has marvelous illustrations on its book cover on the front and on the back, but it is also the one that really puts in motion events that will have huge consequences in the following volumes.

The first Harry Potter Book was awesome. The second was amazing... but it just keeps getting better and better. This book has so many twist and turns, that its just amazing. I have read this book over 18 times and still plan to read it more. J. K. Rowling has a great sense of word style and her books flow so smoothly. This book is about Harry Potter's third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. At school he attends classes such as: Defense Against the Dark Arts, Herbology, Potions, Transfiguration, and all other sorts of magical classes. And once again something dangerous is happening around him. Who is this Sirius Black? and what does he want with Harry? Why is Scabbers so thin? Why is Crookshanks always chasing Scabbers? Who is the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher anyways?
This book is a must have for all ages. I am still patiently awaiting book number six.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is scary and full of adventure. It is scary when Harry, Ron, and Hermione meet Sirius Black. It is also scary when the Dementors, who are monsters, come on the train. It is full of adventure when they go into a haunted house, and when Harry runs away from his aunt's and uncle's house. You should read this book because it is so scary and full of adventure that you won't be able to put the book down.