The book Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third book in the Harry Potter series written by J.K. Rowling. This book is about Harry’s third year at Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry.
Harry Potter is a thirteen year old wizard who hates summer vacation with the Dursleys, who are his only living relatives, because the torture he receives. It all began when he turned eleven years old and received the shocking surprise that he had magical blood.
On Harry’s thirteenth birthday, he got an owl telling him a mad killer, Sirius Black, who is thought to be guilty of killing thirteen people with one curse, has escaped the wizard prison Azkaban and wants to kill Harry. The next day Aunt Marge, who abuses Harry, came to the Dursleys’ house. She tried to pick on Harry, but then he hexed her and she blew up. Harry grabbed his trunk and ran to the knight bus, wizard transportation.
At this point the author J.K. Rowling starts to create the main idea of the book. When Harry gets to diagon alley, he finds out that the ministry of magic is providing him with a guarded room. Harry’s best friend Ron and his family soon meet with him. They remind Harry there is a killer on the loose. Harry Potter is in grave danger, even at Hogwarts with all of his friends. When Harry got to school, the divination teacher predicted Harry’s death!
Everything seems fine at Hogwarts until Sirius Black was spotted in Gryffindor tower! The dementors, which are creatures that suck the soul out of dark wizards, have been guarding Hogwarts since the beginning of the year. The day after Sirius was spotted; Harry and Ron got dragged in a hollow tree by Sirius.
In this book, readers will learn that Sirius is Harry’s godfather and is innocent. Peter Pettigrew is the killer and the heir of the Dark Lord. I must admit that this is one of the best books I have read because in this book Harry finds out that Sirius Black is his godfather and he learns more about his parents.
GENRE: Fantasy
Daniel Hadawi is a fourth grader at Legacy Christian Academy and leads his school in the Accelerated Reading program. When not reading he likes to play basketball.
