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An edition of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

First American Edition

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  • ★★★★ 4.2 (410 ratings) ·
  • 3,894 Want to read
  • 339 Currently reading
  • 766 Have read

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!
(front flap)

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Arthur A. Levine Books
Language
English
Pages
341

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Fantasy fiction, school stories, Fiction, Fantasy, Nestlé Smarties Book Prize winner, Juvenile fiction, Wizards, Magic, Schools, Spanish language materials, Magia, Escuelas, Ficción juvenil, Novela fantástica, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary place), Harry Potter (Fictitious character), Wizards -- Juvenile fiction, Witches, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary organization), Magos, Translations from English, Chinese fiction, Orphans, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Determination (Personality trait) in children, Friendship, Potter, Harry (Fictitious character), Witches Fiction, Wizards Fiction, Schools Fiction, England Fiction, Magic -- Juvenile fiction, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary place) -- Juvenile fiction, Schools -- Juvenile fiction, Wizards -- Fiction, Magic -- Fiction, Schools -- Fiction, England -- Juvenile fiction, England -- Fiction, Fantasy & Magic, Action & Adventure, Witchcraft, Harry Potter (Fictional character), Engels, Social Themes, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Schools, fiction, England, fiction, Potter, harry (fictitious character), fiction, Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry (imaginary organization), fiction, Wizards, fiction, Magic, fiction, Children's fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, English literature, Fiction, fantasy, general, Large type books, Hermione Granger (Fictitious character), Ron Weasley (Fictitious character), Latin language materials, Children's stories, Magiciens, Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, Nécromancie, Écoles, Potter, Harry (Personnage fictif), Romans, nouvelles, Magie, Family, Orphans & Foster Homes, Magía, Novela juvenil, Juvenile, Children's stories, English, Sieg, Basilisk, Das Böse, Das Gute, Internat, Lebensgefahr, Lebensrettung, List, Magier, Jugendbuch, Kampf, Schule, Basilisk (Fabeltier), Junge, Phönix, Deutschland Grenzschutzkommando Mitte Schule, Deutschland, Friendship, fiction, Hogwartes School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary place), General, Social Issues, Witches, fiction, English Fantasy literature, Translations into Marathi, Humor, Toy and movable books, New York Times bestseller, Specimens, Juvenile literature, Adventure, Open Library Staff Picks, Books and reading, Blind, Braille books

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Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Albus Dumbledore, Hagrid, The Dursleys, Gilderoy Lockhart, Dobby, Moaning Myrtle, Ginny Weasley, Draco Malfoy, J.K Rowling, Witches, Wizards, Harry Potter (Fictitious character), Aunts, Cousins, Orphans, Uncles

Places

England, London, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Inglaterra, Privet Drive, London (England), Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary organization), Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary place)

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Late 1990s

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Table of Contents

The Worst Birthday --
Dobby's Warning --
The Burrow --
At Flourish and Blotts --
The Whomping Willow --
Gilderoy Lockhart --
Mudbloods and Murmurs --
The Deathday Party --
The Writing on the Wall --
The Rogue Bludger --
The Dueling Club --
The Polyjuice Potion --
The Very Secret Diary --
Cornelius Fudge --
Aragog --
The Chamber of Secrets --
The Heir of Slytherin --
Dobby's Reward.

Edition Notes

Published in
New York, USA
Series
Harry Potter #2
Copyright Date
1999

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
[Fic]
Library of Congress
PZ.R7968Har 1999, PZ7.R79835 Haj 1999

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
viii, 341p.
Number of pages
341

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24459977M
ISBN 10
0439064864
ISBN 13
9780439064866
LCCN
98046370
OCLC/WorldCat
1003881641, 1003238339, 474666994, 999552177
amazon.co.uk_asin
0439064864
Alibris ID
9780439064866
Goodreads
57448711

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Throughout the summer holidays after his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter has been receiving sinister warnings from a house-elf called Dobby.

Now, back at school to start his second year, Harry hears unintelligible whispers echoing through the corridors.

Before long the attacks begin: students are found as if turned to stone.

Dobby’s predictions seem to be coming true.

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Not for the first time, an argument had broken out over breakfast at number four, Privet Drive.
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I would say that the main reason I am reading this book is because my whole family read the book series and it was still a little hard for me to read but I started the series when I was in second grade but it was still to hard so I stopped and started aging in 4th grade and now I am still reading the series over and over and over again because I love Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling.
Page 341, added by Audrey Berns.

I recommend this book for anyone who loves fantasy.

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