Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban -- J. K. Rowling, Hardcover

For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort.Now he has escaped, leaving only two clues as to where he might be headed: Harry Potter's defeat of You-Know-Who was Black's downfall as well. And the Azkaban guards heard Black muttering in his sleep, He's at Hogwarts . . . he's at Hogwarts.Harry Potter isn't safe, not even within the walls of his magical school, surrounded by his friends. Because on top of it all, there may well be a traitor in their midst.

Author: J. K. Rowling
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 10/01/1999
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.10lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.38w x 1.41d
ISBN: 9780439136358
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.7
Point Value: 18
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 32082 / Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Award: Maine Student Book Award - Winner
Award: Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Winner
Award: Golden Archer Award - Winner
Award: Hugo Award - Nominee
Award: Carnegie Medal - Nominee
Award: Locus Awards - Winner
Award: Bram Stoker Awards - Winner
Award: Costa Book Awards - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/19/1999 pg. 195
New York Times 09/05/1999 pg. 12
Booklist 09/01/1999 pg. 127
Kirkus Review - Children 09/15/1999 pg. 1506
Time 12/20/1999 pg. 104
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2000 pg. 822
ALA Best Books Young Adults 01/01/2000 pg. 1341
ALA Notable Children's Books 01/01/2000 pg. 1360
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1999 pg. 86 - Superior,Well Above Average
Beyond the Cover Author Interv 07/01/2000 pg. 18
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2000 pg. 86 - Superior,Well Above Average
School Library Journal 10/01/1999

About the Author

J.K. ROWLING is the author of the seven Harry Potter books, which were first published between 1997 and 2007. The enduringly popular adventures of Harry, Ron, and Hermione have sold over 500 million copies, been translated into over 80 languages, and made into eight blockbuster films. Alongside the Harry Potter series, she also wrote three short companion volumes -- Quidditch Through the Ages, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard -- which were published in aid of Comic Relief and Lumos. In 2016, J.K. Rowling resumed Harry's story in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which she wrote with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany, and which is now in theaters across the world. In the same year, she wrote the screenplay for the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the first in a series featuring magizoologist Newt Scamander. She is also the author of a stand-alone novel for adults, The Casual Vacancy, and, under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, writes the Strike detective series. In 2020, J.K. Rowling returned to publishing for younger children with the fairy tale The Ickabog, the royalties from which she is donating to groups affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. She lives in Scotland with her family, and is at her happiest alone in a room, making things up.

Mary GrandPré has illustrated more than twenty beautiful books, including The Noisy Paint Box by Barb Rosenstock, which received a Caldecott Honor; Cleonardo, the Little Inventor, of which she is also the author; and the original American editions of all seven Harry Potter novels. Her work has also appeared in the New Yorker, the Atlantic Monthly, and the Wall Street Journal, and her paintings and pastels have been shown in galleries across the United States. Ms. GrandPré lives in Sarasota, Florida, with her family.