Year three is here for Harry, Hermione and Ron. They return to Hogwart's to find it in a semi-lockdown mode because Sirius Black is on the loose. Dementors guard the grounds and drain away your happiness if they attack you. The book was an easy, fast read and did keep you turning to find out what happens next. The characters are, for the most part, the same as the previous books with a little more development.
I enjoyed the book but did feel from time to time like it was trying to slow down. It picked up the pace though again pretty quickly and moved on.
Harry has to decide in this one who is really telling the truth about some things and who is lying. You learn a lot more about Harry's parents and their past and you learn about Azkaban Prison. As always, Lord Valdemort lurks in the background waiting to kill Harry. Harry, Ron and Hermione have to help Hagrid save one of his magical creatures when Malfoy makes it attack him and the creature is sentenced to death. Add a dose of wererwolves, time turning and missing rats and you have a fun, surprising and sometimes funny book.
Would recommned for about 5th grade and up for the complete un-abridged version. 3rd and 4th grade would enjoy the abridged shorter version as well.
[book:Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban|5]
No comments:
Post a Comment