Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban

, #3

Hardcover, 435 pages

English language

Published Oct. 29, 1999 by Arthur A. Levine Books.

ISBN:
978-0-439-13635-8
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OCLC Number:
313497703

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For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort, and might even have assisted in the deaths of James and Lily Potter—Harry Potter’s parents.

Now Black has escaped, leaving only two clues as to where he might be headed: Harry Potter's defeat of You-Know-Who was Black's downfall as well. And the Azkaban guards heard him muttering in his sleep, "He’s at Hogwarts... he’s at Hogwarts."

Of course, Harry already had plenty to worry about. After inflating his nasty aunt and running away on the magical Knight Bus, he finds he’s being pursued by death omens at every turn. He receives two wonderful gifts: a top-of-the-line Firebolt broomstick, and the Marauder’s Map, a magical diagram of Hogwarts made by the mysterious “Moony, …

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Det blir visst ei Potter-bok i året på meg. Jeg setter nok fremdeles mer pris på verden Rowling har skapt enn jeg gjør selve historiene. Denne boka legger opp til at våre helter skal avdekke skurken og hans plott gjennom bruk av magiske kart, gamle fotoalbum og smarte resonnement - men det er jo ikke det de gjør. Heltene snubler seg gjennom nok et skoleår, samtidig som det foregår litt av hvert rundt dem som de egentlig ikke gjør særlig for å finne ut av. Likevel har de etterhvert tilfeldigvis overhørt en del, slik at det er bare de siste puslespillbrikkene de må bli fortalt om til slutt. Jaja. Siden verden er så spennende, fungerer det likevel. Jeg liker også godt de nye tilskuddene til karaktergalleriet, og jeg sluker jo tidsreiseplott.

Nok en gang var lesinga fornøyelig akkompagnert av podkasten Pottergenerasjonen. Det hjelper godt for å få sammenheng både frem …

Subjects

  • Wizards -- Juvenile fiction
  • Magic -- Juvenile fiction
  • Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary place) -- Juvenile fiction
  • Schools -- Juvenile fiction
  • England -- Juvenile fiction