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Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets by J.K. (Joanne) Rowling

Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets

Book 2

by J.K. (Joanne) Rowling
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  • First Published:
  • Jun 1, 1999, 341 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Aug 2000, 352 pages
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Hi everyone,

Okay....so you can talk about the book but, I got some great questions for all you Harry Potter fans!! In the book Harry Potter chamber of secrets, what message was the author trying to get across? What was her purpose/point? What was the lesson or moral of the story? What can the reader of today learn from this story? :-)

Nazhirah

This book is an excellent book for all ages! I absolutely enjoyed this book.


Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by: J.K. Rowling
A great and dark thrilling adventure that kids and young teens would love to read over and over again!!

All Harry ever wanted was the summer to be over and that he could go back to Hogwarts School for witchcraft and wizardry and be with his friends Ron and Hermione. But as you know that the Dursleys despised Harry and would never want him to be happy, the Dursleys locked him up in his room hoping he would never go back to that retched school ever again. But as you know Harry, he always finds a way to escape from his wicked aunt and uncle.

In Harry's second year at Hogwarts, new horrors happen in the school, a ghost named Moaning Myrtle who haunts the girls' bathroom, including an arrogant new professor, Gilderoy Lockhart, and a new student in Hogwarts School, Ginny Weasley, Ron’s younger sister.
In this book the story is much darker than the first. You’ll see a much darker side of everyone than the first. Much of the students such as Harry, Ron, Hermione, Hagrid, and all the professors are getting much more serious on who opened the chamber of secrets and what he/she has unleashed from it.

This fascinating book has the pure qualities of a great and thrilling adventure. Every time you read a page you would want to read another page, and then another, and another, until you realized that you’ve finished over half the book. This book will keep you off your seat. As I’m finished reading the book, in a rating scale of 1-5 I would rate this a 5.
samar

l love all harry potter movies l have all the books and and all the movies that are out GO READ THE BOOK AND WATCH THE MOVIE
Pearl

This is really a VERY GOOD novel!!! J.K. ROWLING is a very good writer! She wrote this novel to show is the real friendship of RON , HERMIONE , and especially HARRY! And J.K. Rowling describes everyhing with such details it feels like your there!!! THIS IS WHY I RECOMMEND U TO READ ALL THE BOOKS BY J.K. ROWLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!(",)(,")
Rahul

i cant wait any more for the fifth book. great work by J.K Rowling.
oh pl. miss rowling...write faster n more.
Harry Sigy

Hi!!
I am Harry sigy from Canada.
I loved Harry potter and the chamber of secrets the most.
Can you guess my age???
I am 29 years old. I and my children love Harry potter .
We have red the 1st 2nd 4th and the 5th book AND WE LOVED IT.
Alexa k.

I think the 2nd Harry Potter book is excellant! It has a lot of dark moments and its actualley kind of funny. It has a ton of exciting parts. I like books that give you a feeling insude you when you read them. Thats why I love "Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets".

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