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Loading... Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (Book 5) (edition 2004)by J. K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré
Work detailsHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
 breakofdawn | Jun 11, 2013 |  For posterity's sake, I need to establish a truth once and for all. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is undoubtedly and inarguably the BEST installment of the Harry Potter Series. Those naysayers who complain "it's too long" and "Harry is too angry" fail to recognize the immense scope and depth of feeling behind these many words. Without this furiously dark book, the Harry Potter series would have never grown up. I believe that this book is the one that firmly cements the series as an all-time classic. (  ) IAmChrysanthemum | Jun 8, 2013 |   tauruseducation | Jun 6, 2013 | Harry's angst came off a little strongly in this one, but then again with the way the last one ended, maybe that's acceptable. It did wonders to show how fed up Harry is. He *is* fighting the darkest wizard to ever live, and everybody has turned on him. I might be a little angsty at that point, too. To think, all it would have taken was for Harry to walk away, and the entire wizarding world would have fallen to Voldemort. (  ) frozenplums | May 3, 2013 | Harry is quite annoying and whiny in this one, but the rest of the characters really grow and find their strengths, especially Neville. And Luna is a nice addition to the group. Also, it's a wonderful lesson in civil disobedience and passive resistance. The way Fred and George turn into heroes of the people was, for me, the best part of the book. If I had kids, I'd really want them to read this series as they grow up. I wish I had had the chance. On the negative side, writing action scenes is definitely not JK Rowling's forte. As usual, it's not great. But maybe that's because I saw the movies first, and I know who dies and who doesn't. Not much suspense left there. (Apart from that, the books are much better than the movies, so far.) ( ) Melhael | Apr 27, 2013 |
 But tally the book’s strengths and weaknesses as you may, the fact remains that Rowling has once again created a fully-fledged world, and for the experience of being there with Harry, HP5 can’t be beat.  ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' is rich and satisfying in almost every respect. A considerably darker, more psychological book than its predecessors, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" occupies the same emotional and storytelling place in the Potter series as "The Empire Strikes Back" held in the first "Star Wars" trilogy. It provides a sort of fulcrum for the series, marking Harry's emergence from boyhood, and his newfound knowledge that an ancient prophecy holds the secret to Voldemort's obsession with him and his family. Dragones y Monstruos This would be an appropriate novel students can chose to read on there own. I will keep this in my classroom so the students can grab them at anytime of the year. Is contained inHas the adaptationIs parodied inHas as a reference guide/companionNew Clues to Harry Potter Book 5: Hints from the Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter by Galadriel Waters Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter (Analysis of Book 5) by Galadriel Waters Repotting Harry Potter: A Professor's Book-by-Book Guide for the Serious Re-Reader by James W. Thomas
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The fifth book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series follows the darkest year yet for our young wizard, who finds himself knocked down a peg or three after the events of last year. Somehow, over the summer, gossip (usually traced back to the magic world's newspaper, the Daily Prophet) has turned Harry's tragic and heroic encounter with Voldemort at the Triwizard Tournament into an excuse to ridicule and discount the teen. Even Professor Dumbledore, headmaster of the school, has come under scrutiny by the Ministry of Magic, which refuses to officially acknowledge the terrifying truth that Voldemort is back. Enter a particularly loathsome new character: the toadlike and simpering ("hem, hem") Dolores Umbridge, senior undersecretary to the Minister of Magic, who takes over the vacant position of Defense Against Dark Arts teacher--and in no time manages to become the High Inquisitor of Hogwarts, as well. Life isn't getting any easier for Harry Potter. With an overwhelming course load as the fifth years prepare for their Ordinary Wizarding Levels examinations (O.W.Ls), devastating changes in the Gryffindor Quidditch team lineup, vivid dreams about long hallways and closed doors, and increasing pain in his lightning-shaped scar, Harry's resilience is sorely tested.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, more than any of the four previous novels in the series, is a coming-of-age story. Harry faces the thorny transition into adulthood, when adult heroes are revealed to be fallible, and matters that seemed black-and-white suddenly come out in shades of gray. Gone is the wide-eyed innocent, the whiz kid of Sorcerer's Stone. Here we have an adolescent who's sometimes sullen, often confused (especially about girls), and always self-questioning. Confronting death again, as well as a startling prophecy, Harry ends his year at Hogwarts exhausted and pensive. Readers, on the other hand, will be energized as they enter yet again the long waiting period for the next title in the marvelous, magical series. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter
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Harry is in his fifth year at Hogwarts as the adventures continue.
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