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Loading... Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003)by J. K. Rowling
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http://www.fantasyliterature.com/fantasy-author/rowlingjk (  ) Kat_Hooper | Apr 6, 2014 |  Bumping it up a star on the re-read. I can't get over how well these books stand up to growing up and getting older. I enjoyed this the first time around, but the second time, with a lapse of ten years or so, I'm finding them just as enjoyable. True, I still hate the character of James Potter as he appears in this book but Rowling handles high-school bullying well -- for the most part. Rowling doesn't shield her fifteen year olds from adult problems like death, loss, judgment - and through that she hasn't shielded her fifteen year old readers. I think this is fantastic it shows a trust in kids that is lacking from some YA novels today. One word for J.K. Rowling: Trailblazer. (  ) steadfastreader | Mar 18, 2014 | This was Rowlings work book - she had to move from the climax of book 4 to the build up for books 6 and 7. She does that and there are some important clues and information in this book that pertain to the end of the series. Still there was much that was irrelevant in this book too.... (  ) Laurie.Schultz | Mar 15, 2014 | Another WONDERFUL book in the series. In my top three Books Harry Potter is #3, Number three! for being under 20 I have read a lot of books big and small. J.K Rowling I LOVE this wonderful world you've made. Make more! Make more! ( ) mordore | Mar 5, 2014 | This is my least favorite of the HP books. Harry is so whiny and obnoxious at the beginning that I stopped liking him for a while, and the plot line was kind of confusing to me. Harry Potter is great, but this book was my least fave. ( ) k8seren | Feb 6, 2014 |
 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 Potter, now a fifth-year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, struggles with a threatening teacher, a problematic house elf, the dread of upcoming final exams, and haunting dreams that hint toward his mysterious past.
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Penguin AustraliaTwo editions of this book were published by Penguin Australia.
Editions: 1405321520, 1405903376
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