Harry Potter #3: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, by J. K. Rowling
"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" is personally one of my least favorite Harry books, but even so, I still enjoy rereading it every so often. This book sets a lot of groundwork for the following books in the series, and is also a pretty good story.
Harry and his friends are back for their third year at Hogwarts, but this year the entire wizarding world is alert and searching for an escaped murderer, Sirius Black. The Ministry of Magic and Dumbledore believe Black may be after Harry, so dementors, horrifically spooky, soulless beasts, guard the school. Black is believed to be responsible for murdering 13 people with a single curse; before he escaped the wizard prison of Azkaban, he was heard to murmur "he's at Hogwarts" in his sleep.
While other students feel merely miserable when near dementors, Harry feels far worse, and can hear his parents being killed by Voldemort. He begs Professor Lupin, the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, to show him how to ward off the dementors. Lupin is the best Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher Harry and his friends have had yet; he often brings creatures to class and shows them how to defend or attack as necessary. Lupin is one of my favorite characters in the series - I would've loved to learn from him!
With Sirius Black free, and the Quidditch cup up for grabs, it's no surprise that Harry has a busy, busy year. As I said above, there are a lot of characters and details introduced in "The Prisoner of Azkaban" that become important as you read further in the series. The book does seem a little overly long, but Rowling does pack it full of her mix of great fantasy and action.
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