Chapter Eight - The Deathday Party

October arrives, with colder weather and a spate of colds. Harry is practising hard at Quidditch - the Slytherin Quidditch team are excellent, on their Nimbus Two Thousand and Ones. As Harry heads back to the common room after practise, he bumps into the Gryffindor ghost, Nearly Headless Nick, looking very ( Read more... )

Chapter 7 - Mudbloods and Murmurs

As the days go on, Harry realises that he seems to have acquired a admirer. Young Colin Creevey, even though he is in the year below Harry, follows Harry everywhere and is eager to find out everything about magic. Oliver Wood, the Gryffindor Quidditch captain (and Keeper in the game) comes into Harry dormitory ( Read more... )

Chapter Six - Gilderoy Lockhart

Harry, Ron and the others at Hogwarts start their new term and their lessons the next day. Hermione is still a little annoyed with Harry and Ron, the way they flouted the rules, and flew the car to Hogwarts. Neville is sent a parcel from his Gran, at breakfast, with things he'd forgotten to take with him, while Errol ( Read more... )

Chapter Five - The Whomping Willow

Finally, after a lovely break at The Burrow, it is time for five Weasley children - Percy is entering his sixth year, the Twins their fourth, Ron his second year and Ginny her first time - and Harry to return to Hogwarts. It isn't easy, taking six kids, trunks and animals to King's Cross Station. They keep ( Read more... )

Chapter Four - Gilderoy Lockhart

The biggest difference that Harry finds between Privet Drive and The Burrow is that the people at The Burrow seem to like having Harry around. A letter from Hermione arrives, saying she hopes Ron didn't get into any trouble while rescuing Harry, and arranging to meet up in Diagon Alley when they do their school ( Read more... )

Chapter 3 - The Burrow

Ron has come to rescue Harry in a flying Ford Anglia, turquoise no less - and Fred and George have come along to help out with the escape plan. The Twins pick the lock of Harry's locked door, to get Harry's broom, wand and school stuff which is locked up downstairs while Harry puts all his stuff in the car quickly. They manage ( Read more... )

Chapter 2 - Dobby's Warning

The strange creature introduces himself to Harry - he is Dobby, just Dobby the house-elf. Harry is understandably rather surprised to have a house-elf in his bedroom, the unfortunate thing about Dobby is that he is rather noisy (especially when Harry tries to treat him as a equal), and seems to enjoy beating himself up. ( Read more... )

Chapter One - The Worst Birthday
This is Jo's second novel about Harry Potter. This first chapter gives a quick summary for Muggles who haven't read Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone, about what happened in the previous book. It can become a little repetitive, but it only happened in this book and the following two books. After book 4, we get right ( Read more... )

Chapter 17 - The Man with Two Faces

So if it isn't Snape in the final chamber, and it's not Lord Voldemort ... who is it? It's Professor Quirrell - but he's different. Much more confident and no sign of a stammer. He says to Harry who would suspect him with Snape swooping around like a overgrow bat? Snape hasn't been trying to kill Harry - that has ( Read more... )

Chapter 16 - Through the Trapdoor

It is mid-summer and exam time. The first years struggle through the exams, especially the Potions one. It is hard to make a Forgetfulness Potion with Snape breathing down their necks (Giggle! :-D ). Harry has got his reoccurring nightmare back, about his parents, but now has the added problem of dreaming of the ( Read more... )