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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2)

by J.K. Rowling

Series: Harry Potter (2)

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Arthur A. Levine Books (1999), Edition: boxed set version, Hardcover

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Great book - I've been listening to the books and it's a wonderful escape. Jim Dale does an excellent job of narrating. ( )
  Cailin | Nov 8, 2009 |
i like this one but theres alot of sad parts in the book. but let me givre advise it needs more action . ( )
1 vote banna43 | Nov 4, 2009 |
I accidentaly read CoS first out of the Potter series. Way back when, I didn't realize there was an order to the books, of which only 3 were out at the time. Regardless, CoS hooked me immediately. A little frightening... but a great read. ( )
2 vote mamathiessen | Oct 30, 2009 |
Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets is about young Harry Potter. Harry goes back to school and something weirds going on. Some one is attacking the muggle borns and Harry starts hearing a strang voice a voice he can only hear. Read the book and help Harry find out who's attacking the muggle borns before it's to late. ( )
1 vote littlebug | Oct 25, 2009 |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the second installment of the series. Harry is now in his second year at Hogwarts. He and his friends must figure out who is behind the opening of the Chamber or else the school will close. Again in this installment Harry is called upon to deal with the person that murdered his parents.
I loved this book just as much as the first. The author does a good job of keeping the reader on their toes. I can't wait to read the next one to see what happens.
Again, this book would not be appropriate for young readers. This chapter book would be a great way to get students to use their imagination.
1 vote susiehinckley | Oct 24, 2009 |
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The atmosphere Rowling creates is unique; the story whizzes along; Harry is an unassuming and completely sympathetic hero. But, truth to tell, you may feel as if you’ve read it all before. Rowling clearly hit on a winning formula with the first Harry Potter book; the second book — though still great fun — feels a tad, well, formulaic.
 
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Dedication
For Seán P. F. Harris, getaway driver and foul-weather friend.
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Not for the first time, an argument had broken out over breakfast at number four, Privet Drive.
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Disambiguation notice
The Latin translation of this book (Harrius Potter et Camera Secretorum) should NOT be combined with the main work (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), under the "dead languages" exception in the combining rules.
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Canonical titleHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Original publication date1999-06-02 (US Release), 1998-07-02 (British Release)
SeriesHarry Potter (2)
People/CharactersHarry James Potter, Hermione Jean Granger, Ronald Bilius "Ron" Weasley, Colin Creevey, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore (Headmaster), Dudley Dursley (show all 33)
Important placesHogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Scotland, UK, Number 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey, England, UK, The Burrow, Ottery St. Catchpole, Devon, England, UK, Diagon Alley, London, England, UK, Forbidden Forest, Scotland, UK, Gringotts Bank, London, England, UK (show all 7)
Important eventsThe re-opening of the Chamber of Secrets
Awards and honorsScottish Arts Council Book Award (1999), FCBG Children's Book Award (Overall winner and Longer Novel Category, 1998), British Book Award (Children's Book of the Year, 1999), North East Book Award (1999), North East Scotland Book Award (1998), Whitaker's (Platinum Book Award, 2001) (show all 15)
DedicationFor Seán P. F. Harris, getaway driver and foul-weather friend.
First wordsNot for the first time, an argument had broken out over breakfast at number four, Privet Drive.
Last words(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)
DescriptionHarry Potter And The Chamber of Secrets is a book about a boy named Harry Potter. In The first book, Harry Potter And The Sorcer's Stone, Harry lost his parents in a fight against Voltamore. So he was sent to live with the on... (show all)
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Harry Potter And The Chamber of Secrets is a book about a boy named Harry Potter. In The first book, Harry Potter And The Sorcer's Stone, Harry lost his parents in a fight against Voltamore. So he was sent to live with the only family memebers he had left, The Dursleys. In this continuation of the first book, Harry starts His Second Year At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. When Harry starts packing to go to Hogwarts he gets a strange message from a weird creature. The creature told Harry that if he were to return to Hogwarts Something bad will happen. Once Harry steps back in Hogwarts bad things do start to happen.

For the summer Harry is sent back to spend it(the summer) with his only family the Durselys. Like always the Dursleys act like if he isn't even important or like if he is invisible. On a day that is very important to Harry the Dursley have an important dinner date with the Masons. That day was important to Harry because it was the day of his twelve birthday. But the Dursley don't even bother to say happy birthday to him or anything. Mr. Dursley told Harry that when the Masons come over for dinner he is soppose to stay in his room and make no noise at all. Harry ends up going outside to the backyard and sits on the bench. Then out of the nowere Dudley came out of the bushes and started walking toward Harry. And he told Harry "I know what day it is today." And Harry didn't expect for Dudley to rememeber it was his birthday. And Dudley said "Its your birthday, why don't you have any presents? Dont you have any friends?" Harry told Dudley that he better watch what hes saying or hes gonna regret it. And Dudley thinks that Harry is going to end up using magic on him. Aunt Petunia(Mrs. Dursely) called Harry im and he gave him a list oh chores to do. And she told him that he wasn't going to eat anything until everything she told him to do was done. When Harry was finished Aunt Petunia called him in to eat his dinner, it was just a simple sandwich, and told him to hurry up because there guest were almost there. When Harry went to his room all he wanted to do was sit on his bed. But when he got up to his room he wasn't able to lay on his bed because there was already someone sitting there waiting for him.

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The strange creature that was sitting on his bed waiting for him was an elf. The elf, whos name was Dobby, had large bat like ears and bulging green eyes the size of tennis balls who was wearing a pillowcase as his clothes. Harry realized that Dobby was the one who was staring at him in the bush. He came to warn Harry to not return to Hogwarts and said that if Harry were to return to Hogwarts very bad things were going to happen.

Dobby started crying when Harry told him to sit down, becuase he has never been treated equal by a wizard. Dobby ended up letting out a yell that was able to be heard downstairs. Harry was able to hear Uncle Vernon comming upstairs. He Told Dobby to hide in the closet. Uncle Vernon warned Harry that if he was to hear one more sound coming from upstairs, Harry would have wished he was never born.

Harry ended up finding out that the reason why he hadn't gotten his friends letters was because Dobby had stopped them from comming; so Harry wouldn't had wanted to go back to Hogwarts. He insisted to Dobby to give him his letters which Dobby had taken out from under the pillowcase. Dobby told Harry to promise him that if he were to give him his letters he won't go back to Hogwarts. But Harry didn't want to promise him anything; he just wanted his letters back. Since Harry didn't want to promise Dobby, he had no choice but to do something bad so Harry wouldn't be able to go back to Hogwatrs.

Went down to the kitchen were he magicaly made the pudding Aunt Patunia made float in the air. With a loud crash the pudding fell to the floor and Dobby disappeared. Screams came from the dinning room, and then camUncle Vernon who bursted into the kitchen. Aunt Petunia mad Harry clean up the mess. Not long after they went back ointo the dinning room an owl flew in the house and dropped a letter on top of Mrs. Masons head. She Left the house screaming. Uncle Vernon went in to the kitchen, where Harry was still cleaning, and made him read the letter to him. The letter stated that Harry was not allowed to use magic outside school.

The next day Uncle Vernon got a man to put bars on Harry's window and a small cat door on the door in which food was going to be givin to Harry. That day all Harry had to do was stay in his room locked up doing nothing. He had fallen asleep but not long after Harry woke up and found Ron outside his window.

Amazon.com Amazon.com Audiobook Review (ISBN 0439064864, Hardcover)

What makes the Harry Potter series so successful? Maybe it's the fact that J.K. Rowling doesn't write children's books, she writes children's stories, more in the tradition of the Brothers Grimm than Dr. Seuss. The exploits of Harry and his friends captivate even the shortest attention spans by engaging the imagination with vivid characters and fast-moving action, instead of trying to merely catch the eye with colorful pictures or pop-up effects. Not surprisingly, the Potter tales sound wonderful read aloud, and adapt to the audiobook format extremely well. Broadway actor Jim Dale's impressive vocal range gives each character in the book its own distinctive voice--a considerable task, given the pantheon of witches, warlocks, ghosts, ghouls, dwarves, and elves that Harry encounters in his second outing. And thankfully, since the book is read unabridged, no one's favorite character is omitted. Engaging for children without being childish, the audio version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is worthy addition to the deservedly popular series. (Running time: 9 hours, 6 cassettes) --Andrew Nieland

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