Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter #5)

As Harry enters his fifth year at wizard school, it seems the bonds "of friendship and trust" 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. <p>Add this to a host of other worries for Harry...<br> </p> <ul class="noindent"> <li>A Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher with a personality like poisoned honey<br> </li> <li>A venomous, disgruntled house-elf<br> </li> <li>Ron as keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch team<br> </li> <li>And of course, what every student dreads: end-of-term Ordinary Wizarding Level exams</li> </ul> <p>...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.</p> <p>In the richest installment 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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>This brilliant and utterly compelling new adventure begins with the words:</p> <p><i>The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay over the large, square houses of Privet Drive.....The only person left outside was a teenage boy who was lying flat on his back in a flowerbed outside number four.</i></p> <p>Later in the novel, J. K. Rowling writes:</p> <p><i>Dumbledore lowered his hands and surveyed Harry through his half-moon glasses. "It is time," he said, "for me to tell you what I should have told you five years ago, Harry. Please sit down. I am going to tell you everything."</i></p> <p> <i>Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix</i> is over 255,000 words compared to over 191,000 words in <i>Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.</i> The new book is 38 chapters long, one more than <i>Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.</i></p> <p>When the government of the magic world and authorities at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry refuse to believe in the growing threat of a freshly revived Lord Voldemort, fifteen-year-old Harry Potter finds support from his loyal friends in facing the evil wizard and other new terrors. </p>

Author(s): J. K. Rowling  

ISBN 10: 043935806X
ISBN 13: 9780439358064
Pages: 870
Format: Hardcover
Publication: June 2003