Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

In the third installment of Harry Potter, written by J.K. Rowling, Harry is in his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.  While the summer holiday is winding down at Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia's home (where Harry spends his break from school, as his parents died when he was one), the evening news has some shocking news for it's viewers.  A mass murderer, Sirius Black, is on the loose.  It is all quite suspicious, however, because no muggles (non-magical people) know where he even escaped from!  When buying his school supplies in Diagon Alley, Harry meets up with the Weaslys and Hermonie Granger.  Ron Weasly and Hermonie are Harry's best friends at school.  Harry also overhears a conversation between Ron's parents that is shocking.  Apparently, Sirius Black is after Harry himself!  

Harry is concerned, of course, but enjoys going back to Hogwarts to begin his classes.  There are spooky creatures guarding all the entrances to the school this year.  Dementors, hooded creatures that seem to have no face, feed off of the happiness and warmth in people, thus making everyone around them feel as if they could never be happy again, and they are suddenly freezing cold.  It is because of Sirius Black that these dementors are everywhere.  Sirius Black actually escaped from Azkaban, the wizarding prison that the dementors guard.  

Another strange thing has been happening this year.  Hermonie is taking twice as many classes as everyone else (who's schedules are full), but she gets to all of her classes!  No one knows how she does it, until the end of the book.  Then, many secrets are reveled, but you'll have to read the book to find out what happens! Harry Potter is a great series, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone!!