Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Rowling, J.K.
ISBN-13 9780439064866
ISBN-10 0439064864
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc., 1999
Genre: Fantasy
Reading Level: 940 Lexile
Interest Age: 10-18
Reader's Annotation:
It's year two and Harry is ready for a new year. What he is not ready for are the many secrets he will learn.
Plot Summary:
This book starts at the Dursley's house where Harry spent the summer between his first and second year in school. Dobby, an elf comes through warning Harry not to go back to Hogwarts because it is not safe. Harry does not listen and goes anyway. He meets a ghost who is in one of the girl's bathrooms. They call her Moaning Mertyl. She cries often and scares many people away.
Harry has a new Defense of the Dark Arts teacher Gilderoy Lockhart who does not seem to know what he is doing. There is something off about him but Harry is not sure what. As the year goes on, Harry is forced into a situation fighting Voldamort the dark wizard again. Will he make it through this time?
Critical Evaluation:
This book is well written and full of interesting information and action. It starts a little slow when Harry is at the Dursley's, but as soon as he goes into the magical world, there are so many new things to learn. The reader is brought into this world of talking pictures and a hat that talks. The plot keeps the reader interesting and at the end, the reader is ready for a new year. As he goes into his second year, Harry is ready for more things but the magical world is ever changing.
Each Harry Potter book follows Harry for one year of school. He still spends the summers with the Dursley's home. The book builds to hold the most action at the end. It follows a classic plot line which is not bad but makes the book more predictable than others. Harry Potter has become a phenomenon and all seven books have been made into feature films.
About the Author:
J.K. Rowling was born in 1965 to James and Anne Rowling and grew up in Chepstow, Gwent. She went to Exeter University and received a degree in French and Classics. She started writing Harry Potter waiting for a train and spent five years outlining all of the books before she started writing the first book. She married, had a baby and divorced before the first Harry Potter was published in 1997.
When the book was such a big hit, Rowling quickly wrote the next six books. She now lives in Edinburgh with her husband and three children. Rowling has been awarded many different awards for the Harry Potter books and all of her books are now movies. There is also a Harry Potter theme park. These books took the world by storm.
http://www.jkrowling.com/en_US/#/about-jk-rowling
Curriculum Ties:
Read Aloud books
This book starts at the Dursley's house where Harry spent the summer between his first and second year in school. Dobby, an elf comes through warning Harry not to go back to Hogwarts because it is not safe. Harry does not listen and goes anyway. He meets a ghost who is in one of the girl's bathrooms. They call her Moaning Mertyl. She cries often and scares many people away.
Harry has a new Defense of the Dark Arts teacher Gilderoy Lockhart who does not seem to know what he is doing. There is something off about him but Harry is not sure what. As the year goes on, Harry is forced into a situation fighting Voldamort the dark wizard again. Will he make it through this time?
Critical Evaluation:
This book is well written and full of interesting information and action. It starts a little slow when Harry is at the Dursley's, but as soon as he goes into the magical world, there are so many new things to learn. The reader is brought into this world of talking pictures and a hat that talks. The plot keeps the reader interesting and at the end, the reader is ready for a new year. As he goes into his second year, Harry is ready for more things but the magical world is ever changing.
Each Harry Potter book follows Harry for one year of school. He still spends the summers with the Dursley's home. The book builds to hold the most action at the end. It follows a classic plot line which is not bad but makes the book more predictable than others. Harry Potter has become a phenomenon and all seven books have been made into feature films.
About the Author:
J.K. Rowling was born in 1965 to James and Anne Rowling and grew up in Chepstow, Gwent. She went to Exeter University and received a degree in French and Classics. She started writing Harry Potter waiting for a train and spent five years outlining all of the books before she started writing the first book. She married, had a baby and divorced before the first Harry Potter was published in 1997.
When the book was such a big hit, Rowling quickly wrote the next six books. She now lives in Edinburgh with her husband and three children. Rowling has been awarded many different awards for the Harry Potter books and all of her books are now movies. There is also a Harry Potter theme park. These books took the world by storm.
http://www.jkrowling.com/en_US/#/about-jk-rowling
Curriculum Ties:
Read Aloud books
Book Talking:
Make a play of this book.
Challenging Issues:
If this book were to be challenged, I would go through the selection process with the challenger as well as explain the rationale for the book. There are many good qualities in this book that could be reason to have it in a collection.
Why Read this Book:
This book catches the reader and keeps them through all the pages. The whole series is wonderful and deserves a place in any library. Children, teens and adults can all enjoy the world of Harry Potter and his magical friends.
Make a play of this book.
Challenging Issues:
If this book were to be challenged, I would go through the selection process with the challenger as well as explain the rationale for the book. There are many good qualities in this book that could be reason to have it in a collection.
Why Read this Book:
This book catches the reader and keeps them through all the pages. The whole series is wonderful and deserves a place in any library. Children, teens and adults can all enjoy the world of Harry Potter and his magical friends.
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