Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Jacket Description/Back: Ever since Harry Potter had come home for the summer, the Dursleys had been so mean and hideous that all Harry wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he's packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature who says that if Harry returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike. And strike it does. For in Harry's second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girls' bathroom. But then the real trouble begins -- someone is turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects... Harry Potter himself! Review Citations:

Beyond the Cover Author Interv 07/01/2000 pg. 14 (EAN 9780439064873, Paperback)

Publishers Weekly 07/24/2000 pg. 95 (EAN 9780439064873, Paperback)

Entertainment Weekly 04/03/2009 pg. 28 (EAN 9780439064873, Paperback)

USA Today 12/18/2002 pg. 1 (EAN 9780786222735, Hardcover)

School Library Journal 04/01/2000 (EAN 9780807282069, Analog Audio Cassette)

Publishers Weekly 01/01/2001 pg. 58 (EAN 9780439138079, Hardcover)

Booklist 05/15/1999 pg. 1690 (EAN 9780439064866, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Publishers Weekly 05/31/1999 pg. 94 (EAN 9780439064866, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Ingram Advance 07/01/1999 pg. 10 (EAN 9780439064866, Hardcover)

Kirkus Review - Children 06/01/1999 pg. 888 (EAN 9780439064866, Hardcover)

New York Times 06/20/1999 pg. 20 (EAN 9780439064866, Hardcover)

School Library Journal 07/01/1999 pg. 99 (EAN 9780439064866, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2000 pg. 822 (EAN 9780439064866, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1999 pg. 299 (EAN 9780439064866, Hardcover)

ALA Best Books Young Adults 01/01/2000 pg. 1341 (EAN 9780439064866, Hardcover)

ALA Notable Childrens Books 01/01/2000 pg. 1360 (EAN 9780439064866, Hardcover)

Booklist 04/15/2000 pg. 1546 (EAN 9780439064866, Hardcover)

People Weekly 07/24/2000 pg. 43 (EAN 9780439064866, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/2000 pg. 63 (EAN 9780439064866, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1999 pg. 299 (EAN 9780439064866, Hardcover)

Library Journal 12/01/1999 (EAN 9780439064866, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Rowling, J K J. K. Rowling is the author of the bestselling Harry Potter novels, which have sold more than 450 million copies worldwide in more than two hundred territories and have been translated into seventy-four languages and made into eight blockbuster films. She has also written two small volumes, which appear as the titles of Harry s schoolbooks within the novels: Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them and Quidditch through the Ages. Her Tales of Beedle the Bard quickly became the fastest selling book of 2008. As well as an OBE for services to children s literature, Rowling is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees, including the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, the French Legion of Honor, and the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award, and she has been a commencement speaker at Harvard University. She supports a wide number of causes through her charitable trust Volant and is the founder of Lumos, a charity working to transform the lives of disadvantaged children.