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say to you all, once again—in the light of Lord
Voldemort’s return, we are only as strong as we
are united, as weak as we are divided. Lord
Voldemort’s gift for spreading discord and
enmity is very great. We can fight it only by
showing an equally strong bond of friendship and
trust."
So
spoke Albus Dumbledore at the end of Harry
Potter’s fourth year at Hogwarts. But as Harry
enters his fifth year at wizard school, it seems
those bonds have never been more sorely tested.
Lord Voldemort’s rise has opened a rift in the
wizarding world between those who believe the
truth about his return, and those who prefer to
believe it’s all madness and lies—just more
trouble from Harry Potter.
Add
to this a host of other worries for Harry…
•
A Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher with a
personality like poisoned honey
•
A venomous, disgruntled house-elf
•
Ron as keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch team
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And of course, what every student dreads:
end-of-term Ordinary Wizarding Level exams
…and
you’d know what Harry faces during the day. But
at night it’s even worse, because then he dreams
of a single door in a silent corridor. And this
door is somehow more terrifying than every other
nightmare combined.
In
the richest installment yet of J. K. Rowling's
seven-part story, Harry Potter confronts the
unreliability of the very government of the
magical world, and the impotence of the
authorities at Hogwarts.
Despite
this (or perhaps because of it) Harry finds depth
and strength in his friends, beyond what even he
knew; boundless loyalty and unbearable sacrifice.
Though
thick runs the plot (as well as the spine),
readers will race through these pages, and leave
Hogwarts, like Harry, wishing only for the next
train back.
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