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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter #2)

by J.K. Rowling

ISBN13: 9780439064873
ISBN10: 0439064872
Condition: Standard

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The Dursleys were so mean and hideous that summer that all Harry Potter wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he's packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature named Dobby who says that if Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike.

And strike it does. For in Harry's second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor, Gilderoy Lockhart, a spirit named Moaning Myrtle who haunts the girls' bathroom, and the unwanted attentions of Ron Weasley's younger sister, Ginny.

But each of these seem minor annoyances when the real trouble begins, and someone - or something - starts turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects... Harry Potter himself!

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Home for the summer, all Harry wants is to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry soon receives a warning from a strange, impish creature who says that if Harry returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike.

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Average customer rating 4.9 (8 comments)

`	Mark @ Carstairs Consider , February 17, 2018 (view all comments by Mark @ Carstairs Consider) I love the characters and overall story, but these books sure do start slowly. Fortunately, she manages to work in most of the seemingly random things later in the book this time around.
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`	Gold Gato , August 11, 2015 (view all comments by Gold Gato) This is a "just-right" book. Not too big, not too small, but just right. I loved: 1. Treacle fudge that cements jaws together. 2. Explanation of Quidditch. Rowling has some imagination. 3. Slugs coming out the mouth. No child could yell 'yuck' as I did. 4. The Sorting Hat reading minds. I will ALWAYS love that. 5. Moaning Myrtle. Ah, the list could go on forever. It was quite fun to be able to read this as an adult and knowing it was waiting for me as my nightly read, which made the day move so much quicker. Book Season = Autumn (to me it's always October in Potter's world)
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`	Anna Fleischman , October 21, 2014 This book is an old classic, and justly so. I read this series about seven years ago, and figured it was time to crack them open again. I am currently on this one and am loving every page. I am definitely remembering why this was and still is my favorite series of all time. If you have yet to read this series, or read the first book and are unsure of whether or not you want to continue with the series, I definitely suggest it.
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Product Details

ISBN:: 9780439064873
Binding:: Trade Paperback
Publication date:: 09/01/2000
Publisher:: SCHOLASTIC INC.
Series info:: Harry Potter
Pages:: 341
Height:: .90IN
Width:: 5.26IN
Thickness:: 1.00
Series:: Harry Potter (Paperback)
Series Number:: 2
Age Range:: 9 to 15
Grade Range:: 4 to 10
Number of Units:: 1
Illustration:: Yes
Series Volume:: 02
UPC Code:: 2800439064875
Author:: J K Rowling
Author:: J. K. Rowling
Illustrator:: Mary Grandpre
Illustrator:: Mary Grandpre
Media Run Time:: B
Subject:: England
Subject:: Potter, Harry
Subject:: Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General
Subject:: Children s-Science Fiction and Fantasy
Subject:: Fiction
Subject:: Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Fantasy
Subject:: Schools
Subject:: Fantasy fiction
Subject:: Wizards