It’s hard to fall in love with an earnest, appealing young hero like Harry Potter and then to watch helplessly as he steps into terrible danger! And in J. K. Rowling’s , the much anticipated sequel to the award-winning , he is in terrible danger indeed. As if it’s not bad enough that after a long summer with the horrid Dursleys he is thwarted in his attempts to hop the train to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to begin his second year. But when his only transportation option is a magical flying car, it is just ...
For most children, summer vacation is something to look forward to. But not for our 13-year-old hero, who’s forced to spend his summers with an aunt, uncle, and cousin who detest him. The third book in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series catapults into action when the young wizard “accidentally” causes the Dursleys’ dreadful visitor Aunt Marge to inflate like a monstrous balloon and drift up to the ceiling. Fearing punishment from Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon (and from officials at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry who strictly forbid students to cast spells in the nonmagic ...
In , J. K. Rowling offers up equal parts danger and delight—and any number of dragons, house-elves, and death-defying challenges. Now 14, her orphan hero has only two more weeks with his Muggle relatives before returning to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Yet one night a vision harrowing enough to make his lightning-bolt-shaped scar burn has Harry on edge and contacting his godfather-in-hiding, Sirius Black. Happily, the prospect of attending the season’s premier sporting event, the Quidditch World Cup, is enough to make Harry momentarily forget that Lord Voldemort and his sinister familiars—the Death Eaters—are out ...
As his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry approaches, 15-year-old Harry Potter is in full-blown adolescence, complete with regular outbursts of rage, a nearly debilitating crush, and the blooming of a powerful sense of rebellion. It’s been yet another infuriating and boring summer with the despicable Dursleys, this time with minimal contact from our hero’s non-Muggle friends from school. Harry is feeling especially edgy at the lack of news from the magic world, wondering when the freshly revived evil Lord Voldemort will strike. Returning to Hogwarts will be a relief… or will it?...
The long-awaited, eagerly anticipated, arguably over-hyped has arrived, and the question on the minds of kids, adults, fans, and skeptics alike is, “Is it worth the hype?” The answer, luckily, is simple: yep. A magnificent spectacle more than worth the price of admission, will blow you away. However, given that so much has gone into protecting the secrets of the book (including armored trucks and injunctions), don’t expect any spoilers in this review. It’s much more fun not knowing what’s coming—and in the case of Rowling’s delicious sixth book, you don’t want to ...
Readers beware. The brilliant, breathtaking conclusion to J. K. Rowling’s spellbinding series is not for the faint of heart—such revelations, battles, and betrayals await in that no fan will make it to the end unscathed. Luckily, Rowling has prepped loyal readers for the end of her series by doling out increasingly dark and dangerous tales of magic and mystery, shot through with lessons about honor and contempt, love and loss, and right and wrong. Fear not, you will find no spoilers in our review—to tell the plot would ruin the journey, and is an odyssey the ...
In volumul patru, avem de-a face cu un Harry care stie sa isi stapaneasca acum puterile si care nu doreste altceva decat sa fie un vrajitor normal, ca toti colegii lui de paisprezece ani. Din intamplare insa, Harry nu este „normal” nici macar dupa standardele vrajitoresti…
Harry Potter a ny?ri sz?netet szok?s szerint az ut?latos Dursley csal?ddal t?lti, ?m a folytat?s k?zel sem a megszokott. A f?h?s ?ssze?tk?z?sbe ker?l k?t dementorral, akiket az?rt k?ldtek a muglik vil?g?ba, hogy megt?madj?k az ifj?t, akinek var?zslatai ?s tr?kkjei s?rtik a var?zsl?k vil?g?nak szigor? szab?lyait. Harryt a Roxfortb?l val? sz?m?zet?s, s?t var?zsp?lc?j?nak elt?r?s?nek a r?me fenyegeti. A fi?t a F?nix rendje gondjaira b?zz?k. Ezt a szervezetet siet?sen hozz?k l?tre j?indulat? var?zsl?kb?l ?s boszork?nyokb?l. A rend megfogadja, hogy legy?zi Voldemortot, de ett?l f?ggetlen?l Harrynek ism?t ki kell ?llnia szem?lyes pr?b?j?t is, an?lk?l, hogy pontos inform?ci?i lenn?nek, mi is az igazi szerepe a t?rt?netben.
When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock.Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town at war.Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils… Pagford is not what it first seems.And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations?Blackly comic, thought-provoking and constantly surprising, is J.K. Rowling’s first novel for adults.
