Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

The summer after his first year at Hogwarts is worse than ever for Harry Potter. The Dursleys of Privet Drive are more horrible to him than ever before. And just when he thinks the endless summer vacation is over, a creature named Dobby the house-elf shows up issuing a grave warning to Harry not to go back to school or disaster will happen! Of course, Harry has to go back- and he does so in grand style, in a flying-car magicked by his friends Ron and Percy Weasley. But getting back to Hogwarts isn't the cure Harry expects it to be. Almost immediately a student is found turned to stone, and then another. And somehow Harry stands accused. Could Harry Potter be the long-feared heir of Slytherin?Harry and friends Hermione and Fred are stretched to their limits in a desperate fight against Draco Malfoy and his gang, the hideously stuck-up new professor Gilderoy Lockheart, the malevolent owner of the diary of Tom Riddle, giant spiders, and perhaps even...Hagrid!This is the book that proves J.K. Rowling is a talent that's here to stay!

Author: J. K. Rowling
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 07/01/1999
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780439064866
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.7
Point Value: 14
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 32081 / Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets


Award: Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/15/1999 pg. 1690
Publishers Weekly 05/31/1999 pg. 94
Ingram Advance 07/01/1999 pg. 10
Kirkus Review - Children 06/01/1999 pg. 888
New York Times 06/20/1999 pg. 20
School Library Journal 07/01/1999 pg. 99
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2000 pg. 822
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1999 pg. 299 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
ALA Best Books Young Adults 01/01/2000 pg. 1341
ALA Notable Children's Books 01/01/2000 pg. 1360
Booklist 04/15/2000 pg. 1546
People Weekly 07/24/2000 pg. 43
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1999 pg. 299 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Library Journal 12/01/1999

About the Author

J.K. Rowling is the author of the enduringly popular Harry Potter books. After the idea for Harry Potter came to her on a delayed train journey in 1990, she plotted out and started writing the series of seven books and the first was published as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in the UK in 1997. The series took another ten years to complete, concluding in 2007 with the publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

To accompany the series, J.K. Rowling wrote three short companion volumes for charity, Quidditch Through the Agesand Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, in aid of Comic Relief and Lumos, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard, in aid of Lumos. She also collaborated on the writing of a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which was published as a script book.

Her other books for children include the fairy tale The Ickabog and The Christmas Pig, which were published in 2020 and 2021 respectively and have also been bestsellers. She is also the author of books for adults, including a bestselling crime fiction series.

J.K. Rowling has received many awards and honors for her writing. She also supports a number of causes through her charitable trust Volant and is the founder of the children's charity Lumos.

To find out more about J.K. Rowling visit jkrowlingstories.com.

Mary GrandPré has illustrated more than twenty beautiful books, including The Noisy Paint Box by Barb Rosenstock, which received a Caldecott Honor; Cleonardo, the Little Inventor, of which she is also the author; and the original American editions of all seven Harry Potter novels. Her work has also appeared in the New Yorker, the Atlantic Monthly, and the Wall Street Journal, and her paintings and pastels have been shown in galleries across the United States. Ms. GrandPré lives in Sarasota, Florida, with her family.