Trade Paperback, 341 pages
English language
Published Sept. 11, 2000 by Scholastic.
Ever since Harry Potter had come home for the summer, the Dursleys had been so mean and hideous that all Harry wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he’s packing his bags, Harry recieves a warning from a strange impish creature who says that if Harry returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike.
And strike it does. For in Harry’s second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girls’ bathroom. But then the real trouble begins – someone is turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonus rival than ever? Could it possible be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects…Harry Potter himself! --back cover
Its like the first one but with a different end. The structure is basically "hey harry doesnt get along with his family" then "something weird is happening", "christmas is here", "quidditch is a nice sport", "Its halloween and things are about to get bad" and the last 5 chapters are basically harry being a hero.
Probably my least favorite, probably because of the snakes. But honestly because it has plot holes. There’s too much “why didn’t they just do...” stuff in this one. Plus some way too coincidental events, but it’s like Rowling learned from this as some of her best stuff is next!
Probably my least favourite book in the series.
