For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort.
Now he has escaped, leaving only two clues as to where he might be headed: Harry Potter's defeat of You-Know-Who was Black's downfall as well. And the Azkaban guards heard Black muttering in his sleep, "He's at Hogwarts . . . he's at Hogwarts."
Harry Potter isn't safe, not even within the walls of his magical school, surrounded by his friends. Because on top of it all, there may well be a traitor in their midst.
This is book 3 in Harry Potter .
There are 435 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Scholastic US .
J K Rowling grew up in a small village on the English/Welsh border. In 1990, after moving to London, she was sitting on a delayed train back home from Manchester when she had the idea of a boy wizard who went to wizarding school. It took a year for her agent Christopher Little to find a publisher. Lots of them turned it down. In June 1997 Bloomsbury published Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone under the name J. K. Rowling. The next six books of the Harry Potter series took her nearly another 10 years to write and publish, with the movies based on the books released in between publications. JK also wrote three short Hogwarts Library companion books for charity: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in aid of Comic Relief, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard in aid of Lumos. In 2016 she worked with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany to continue Harrys story in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which opened in London, followed by the USA and Australia. She also wrote the screenplay for the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the first in a series of new adventures, taking place before the time of Harry Potter, featuring wizarding world magizoologist Newt Scamander, the author of the book she created for Comic Relief in 2001. The second film, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, was released in 2018, and the third in 2022. JK has also written The Ickabog, and The Christmas Pig, a standalone adventure story about a boys love for his most treasured thing and how far he will go to find it. The author lives in Scotland with her family and two dogs. https://stories. jkrowling. com/en-us/home/
This book contains the following story:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
When a visit by Aunt Marge to visit the Dursleys goes horribly wrong - Harry accidentally causes her to blow up like a balloon - Harry takes off. Whilst Harry is scared he's going to be expelled, the Ministry are more worried that he's going to be knocked off by the notorious prisoner, Sirius Black who has escaped from Azkaban and appears to be on his way to find Harry. Back at Hogwarts Harry discovers both that Sirius is his godfather, and that it was Sirius that blabbed to Voldemort the location of his parents. But all is not what it seems and in seeking to expose Sirius, Harry and his friends discover the truth. With the help of a time turner, Harry and Hermione travel back to the past to help themselves in a daring rescue. Can they do it, or will the universe collapse? Strange things happen when you mess with time!
This book is in the following series:
Harry Potter
The seven Harry Potter books follow the adventures of our hero, Harry Potter, as he attempts to defeat the evil wizard Voldemort. The stories inspired the seven films that told Harry's story, the spin off Fantastic Beasts and Where to find Them, and a host of tie in stories, movie books and even quizzes.
Thorndike Young Adult
This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading Awards
This book was recognised in the Blue Spruce Award category by the Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading Awards.
Maine Student Book Award
This book was recognised in the Grades 4-8 category by the Maine Student Book Award.
Locus Award
This book was recognised in the Best Novel - Fantasy category by the Locus Award.
Bram Stoker Award
This book was recognised by the Bram Stoker Award.
The Whitbread Award
This book was recognised by the The Whitbread Award, now called 'The Costa Book Awards'. These are a set of annual literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in Britain and Ireland. They were inaugurated for 1971 publications and known as the Whitbread Book Awards until 2006 when Costa Coffee, then a subsidiary of Whitbread, took over sponsorship.
Black-Eyed Susan Award
This book was recognised in the Grades 6-8 category by the Black-Eyed Susan Award.
Carnegie Medal
This book was recognised by the Carnegie Award. The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded by childrens librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people.
Hugo Award
This book was recognised in the Novel category by the Hugo Award.
Golden Archer Award
This book was recognised in the Intermediate category by the Golden Archer Award.
