[2]Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter And the Chamber of Secrets also by j k rowling Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Year One at Hogwarts Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Year Two at Hogwarts Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Year Three at Hogwarts Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Year Four at Hogwarts Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Year Five at Hogwarts Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Year Six at Hogwarts Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Year Seven at Hogwarts Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets BY J K Rowling ILLUSTRATIONS BY Mary GrandPré ARTHUR A LEVINE BOOKS AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC Press For Seán P F Harris Getaway driver and foul-weather friend Text copyright © 1999 by J K Rowling Illustrations by Mary GrandPré copyright © 1999 Warner Bros All rights reserved Published by Scholastic Press, a division of Scholastic Inc., Publishers since 1920 scholastic, scholastic press, and the lantern logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc harry potter, characters, names, and related indicia are trademarks and © Warner Bros Harry Potter Publishing Rights © J K Rowling No part of this publication may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc., Attention: Permissions Department, 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rowling, J K Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets / by J K Rowling p cm Summary: When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school ISBN 0-439-06486-4 [1 Wizards — Fiction Magic — Fiction Schools — Fiction England — Fiction.] I Title PZ7.R7968Har 1999 [Fic] — dc21 98-46370 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 02 03 04 05 06 Printed in the U.S.A 23 First American edition, June 1999 Contents ONE The Worst Birthday · TWO Dobby’s Warning · 12 THREE The Burrow · 24 FOUR At Flourish and Blotts · 42 FIVE The Whomping Willow · 65 SIX Gilderoy Lockhart · 86 SEVEN Mudbloods and Murmurs · 104 EIGHT The Deathday Party · 122 ‘ v ‘ Contents NINE The Writing on the Wall · 140 TEN The Rogue Bludger · 161 ELEVEN The Dueling Club · 182 TWELVE The Polyjuice Potion · 205 THIRTEEN The Very Secret Diary · 227 FOURTEEN Cornelius Fudge · 249 FIFTEEN Aragog · 265 SIXTEEN The Chamber of Secrets · 283 SEVENTEEN The Heir of Slytherin · 306 EIGHTEEN Dobby’s Reward · 327 ‘ vi ‘ ... Harry Potter And the Chamber of Secrets also by j k rowling Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Year One at Hogwarts Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Year Two at Hogwarts Harry Potter and. .. and the Prisoner of Azkaban Year Three at Hogwarts Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Year Four at Hogwarts Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Year Five at Hogwarts Harry Potter and the. .. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets / by J K Rowling p cm Summary: When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter