Book 3: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Author: Joanne Kathleen Rowling

Illustrators:
US Edition: Mary GrandPré
UK Children's: Cliff Wright

Publishers:
US: Scholastic Inc. (Arthur Levine Imprint)
UK: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Worldwide Publishers

Dedication:
To Jill Prewett
and Aine Kiely,
the Godmothers of Swing.

Chapters: Twenty-two (22)

Word Count: 107,253 words
- For the US Edition

Hardcover Releases:
US Edition: September 8, 1999
UK Children's: July 8, 1999

Description: Harry is in his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It’s always a relief after summer with the Dursleys. However, Harry doesn’t realise that this year will be just as eventful as the last two! The atmosphere at Hogwarts is tense. There’s an escaped mass murderer on the loose, even the Muggles have been warned. The sinister prison guards of Azkaban have been called in to guard the school and Harry, Ron and Hermione rapidly discover why all witches and wizards live in fear of being sent to Azkaban. Lessons, however, must go on and there are lots of new subjects in third year — Care of Magical Creatures and Divination among others. Plus the delights of Hogsmeade, the only village in the UK entirely populated by the magical community.

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