I'm going to continue with the series, so that my non Potters will not get left behind.
The third book in the series is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. This is probably one of my favorite books in the series, well let's be real, I could say that about at least four of them. Anywho, Harry is thirteen in this one, and he is about to enter his third year at Hogwarts. As usual, the Dursleys are being awful, however this time, there is a fourth one to contend with. Aunt Marge is visiting, and she is a handful, she almost hates Harry more than Voldemort. Towards the end of her visit, Harry loses his cool, and accidentally blows her up. Not like KABOOM, he just inflates her and she becomes very round. He panics and runs away with all of his wizard things, he is on the run for uhhh say an hour when the Knight Bus picks him up. This is a magical bus that just pops around the countryside picking up wizards who need a ride. The bus takes him to Diagon Alley, where he expects to be caught and thrown out of school for use of magic and all that fun stuff. However, everyone is just happy he's alive.
Turns out there is a crazy, mass murderer on the lose. His name is Sirius Black. Harry soon learns that Black is out to get him because he was a huge supporter of Voldy. He's not really affected by this until he learns that Sirius betrayed his parents to Voldemort and is the reason they are dead. Then Harry becomes quite bloodthirsty himself.
Professor Lupin, the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor becomes Harry's mentor and friend. He gets quite salty with Harry though when he finds the Marauder's Map, which shows where everyone in the castle is. Harry sees Peter Pettigrew, who Sirius has supposedly murdered years ago.
To make a long story short, Pettigrew is Ron's pet rat, Scabbers, he an animagous. Sirius is a good guy, and was Harry's dad's best friend, he's also an animagous, a big doggie, and he wanted to kill Peter who was actually the one that betrayed Lily and James. James, Sirius, Lupin, and Peter were bffs in school, and it turns out Sirius is Harry's godfather. Also, Lupin is a werewolf.
Harry and Hermione save Sirius's life and Buckbeak, a hippogriff.
It's really a good one, so read it!
Without a doubt, my favorite! From Aunt Marge, to the grim, Sirius, Lupin, The Marauder's Map...I'm just obsessed :)
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