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Type of bind: Audio CD
EAN num: 9780807220290
Format: Unabridged
ISBN number: 0807220299
Label: Listening Library (Audio)
Manufacturer: Listening Library (Audio)
Quantity: 23
Printing Date: 2003-06
Publishing house: Listening Library (Audio)
Age index: Ages 9-12
Release Date: June 21, 2003
Sale Popularity Level: 11842
Studio: Listening Library (Audio)
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I say to you all, once again--in the light of
Lord Voldemort's return, we are only as strong
as we are united, as weak as we are divided.
Lord Voldemort's gift for spreading discord and
enmity is very great. We can fight it only by showing
an equally strong bond of friendship and trust.
So spoke Albus Dumbledore at the end of Harry Potter's fourth year at Hogwarts. But as Harry enters his fifth year at wizard school, it seems those bonds 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.
Add to this a host of other worries for Harry…
• A Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher with a personality like poisoned honey
• A venomous, disgruntled house-elf
• Ron as keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch team
• And of course, what every student dreads: end-of-term Ordinary Wizarding Level exams
…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.
In the richest installment yet 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.
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.
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 subsequent train back.
Amazon.com Review:
As his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry approaches, 15-year-old Harry Potter is in full-blown adolescence, complete with regular outbursts of rage, a nearly debilitating crush, and the blooming of a powerful sense of rebellion. It's been yet another infuriating and boring summer with the despicable Dursleys, this time with minimal contact from our hero's non-Muggle friends from school. Harry is feeling especially edgy at the lack of news from the magic world, wondering when the freshly revived evil Lord Voldemort will strike. Returning to Hogwarts will be a relief... or will it?
The fifth book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series follows the darkest year yet for our young wizard, who finds himself knocked down a peg or three after the events of last year. Somehow, over the summer, gossip (usually traced back to the magic world's newspaper, the Daily Prophet) has turned Harry's tragic and heroic encounter with Voldemort at the Triwizard Tournament into an excuse to ridicule and discount the teen. Even Professor Dumbledore, headmaster of the school, has come under scrutiny by the Ministry of Magic, which refuses to officially acknowledge the terrifying truth that Voldemort is back. Enter a particularly loathsome new character: the toadlike and simpering ('hem, hem') Dolores Umbridge, senior undersecretary to the Minister of Magic, who takes over the vacant position of Defense Against Dark Arts teacher--and in no time manages to become the High Inquisitor of Hogwarts, as well. Life isn't getting any easier for Harry Potter. With an overwhelming course load as the fifth years prepare for their Ordinary Wizarding Levels examinations (O.W.Ls), devastating changes in the Gryffindor Quidditch team lineup, vivid dreams about long hallways and closed doors, and increasing pain in his lightning-shaped scar, Harry's resilience is sorely tested.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, more than any of the four previous novels in the series, is a coming-of-age story. Harry faces the thorny transition into adulthood, when adult heroes are revealed to be fallible, and matters that seemed black-and-white suddenly come out in shades of gray. Gone is the wide-eyed innocent, the whiz kid of Sorcerer's Stone. Here we have an adolescent who's sometimes sullen, often confused (especially about girls), and always self-questioning. Confronting death again, as well as a startling prophecy, Harry ends his year at Hogwarts exhausted and pensive. Readers, on the other hand, will be energized as they enter yet again the long waiting period for the subsequent title in the marvelous, magical series. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter
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The product was in great shape. I am really enjoying it. Just as described.
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These Harry Potter books sure are fun to read.
Though this is the longest of the series that I've encountered so far (I just began reading these), it is the one that I've read the quickest.
While I feel this book wasn't quite as good as Goblet of Fire or Prisoner of Azkaban, it has many moments that make it truly exciting and fun. Here the author finally reveals some deep and interesting background into the history of Harry and Voldemort, and sets the stage for what I'm sure will turn out to be a fantastic climax for the series.
The Order of the Phoenix didn't quite provide the dark turn of events that I had anticipated after the end of Goblet of Fire, but it does deliver in suspense and excitement and kept me turning the pages for the days that I was reading it.
I love this series and if I wasn't the last person on Earth to finally get around to reading them I would be recommending you to read it...... but you already have, haven't you?
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I think that the book was very interesting. Near the end of the book is my favorite part because it was really cool when Dumbledore and Voldemort fight against each other with their wands. One of my least favorite parts is when Bellatrix Lesrtange kills Sirius Black.
I wonder what it's like being Harry Potter, with all of these horrible things happening to him. In the beginning of the story almost no one believes him when he says that "he who must not be named"(Voldemort) has retuned and that he fought him the year before. But they should have listened to him, because he's killing more and more people and everyone is convinced that Sirius Black did it. In the end, the minister sees Voldemort and spreads the news. All in all, the book was really good.
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I liked this book a lot because of the DA and secret meetings. I also liked the dreams of the Department of Mysteries. I give it 4 stars, only because I am still reading Harry Potter #7 and don't know which one is better.
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