Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
By: by J.K. Rowling ; illustrations by Mary GrandPré.
Contributors: GrandPré, Mary, ill.
Edition: First American Edition
Series: Harry Potter, #2
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
Published: 1999-06
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 341
ISBN-13: 9780439064866
Copyright date: 1999
Subjects: Wizards -- Juvenile fiction; Magic -- Juvenile fiction; Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary place) -- Juvenile fiction; Schools -- Juvenile fiction; Wizards -- Fiction; Magic -- Fiction; Schools -- Fiction; England -- Juvenile fiction; England -- Fiction
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.
Description: The Dursleys were so mean and hideous that summer that all Harry Potter wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he's packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature named Dobby who says that if Harry Potter 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, Gilderoy Lockhart, a spirit named Moaning Myrtle who haunts the girls' bathroom, and the unwanted attentions of Ron Weasley's younger sister, Ginny.

But each of these seem minor annoyances when the real trouble begins, and someone -- or something -- starts turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects . . . Harry Potter himself?

--jacket description
Notes: "Year 2"--Spine.
Sequel to: Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone.
Table of contents: title: The Worst Birthday --; title: Dobby's Warning --; title: The Burrow --; title: At Flourish and Blotts --; title: The Whomping Willow --; title: Gilderoy Lockhart --; title: Mudbloods and Murmurs --; title: The Deathday Party --; title: The Writing on the Wall --; title: The Rogue Bludger --; title: The Dueling Club --; title: The Polyjuice Potion --; title: The Very Secret Diary --; title: Cornelius Fudge --; title: Aragog --; title: The Chamber of Secrets --; title: The Heir of Slytherin --; title: Dobby's Reward.