"The second book is as good as the first!"

Harry Potter always has the worst birthdays because his Muggle family always gives him horrible gifts if anything at all. They also are dead set against his going to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As a matter of fact, in the summer when he has to stay with them, they lock up all of his wizardry paraphernalia in the cupboard. The only thing they can't lock up is Harry's white owl, Hedwig.

Harry meets a house elf named Dobby in this book, who is bound and determined that Harry not go back to Hogwarts. Dobby is convinced that Harry will be in danger if he goes back but Dobby won't tell Harry anything else. Now it's up to Harry to figure out what's going on. To do this he enlists the help of his two best friends, Ron and Hermoine at Hogwarts. Can they figure things out before things go too far?

I am well and truly hooked on this series. The books only get better and more intriguing with each succeeding book. I finished this book in about four hours and immediately started the third book!

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted November 17, 2001

Summary

In one of the most hotly anticipated sequels in memory, J.K. Rowling takes up where she left with Harry's second year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Old friends and new torments abound, including a spirit named Moaning Myrtle who haunts the girl's bathroom, an outrageously conceited professor, Gilderoy Lockheart, and a mysterious force that turns Hogwarts students to stone.