
Neither of them have written to him all summer, not even to send birthday wishes. On 31 July (Harry's twelfth birthday), Harry has never felt so lonely, for he misses Hogwarts and his best friends there, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. This does not go well for the bird, because every time she has become bored, her screech has rung throughout the house, causing an irritated Vernon to warn Harry that if he cannot control her, she will have to go. The only thing the Dursleys let him keep in his room, however, is his pet snowy owl Hedwig, but have put a padded lock on her cage to keep her inside day and night to avoid suspicion from the neighbours. This has become a problem for Harry himself, who begins to worry about what his teachers at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry will think if he heads back to them without back homework done, and whether or not he'll be banned from the Gryffindor House Quidditch team since he has not been able to practise. They have also banned Harry from saying words such as "magic" in the house, as evident in Uncle Vernon's outburst at breakfast. his wand, his broomstick, spellbooks, etc.) immediately after his arrival home. Over the summer, the Dursleys have become so fearful of Harry's new-found magical abilities that they have locked away all of Harry's magical supplies (e.g. Harry Potter has returned to the Dursleys for the summer holiday in mid- 1992, and things are very bad for him. Harry sitting on a bench, unaware of someone in the bushes Uncle Vernon: " And you, boy?" Harry: " I'll be in my room, making no noise and pretending I'm not there." - Vernon Dursley and Harry Potter Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past reveals dark secrets? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects. But then the real trouble begins - something is attacking Hogwarts students, making them rigid like statues.

For in Harry's second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girl's bathroom. But just as he is packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange impish creature who says that if Harry returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike.Īnd strike it does.
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Harris’s blue Ford Anglia would become immortalised in Rowling’s fiction as Ron Weasley’s family car and he would be described in the dedication in her second book as "getaway driver and foul weather friend".Ĭover of the US edition, by Mary GrandpréĮver since Harry Potter had come home for the summer, the Dursleys had been so mean and hideous that all Harry wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He would park under the Severn Bridge and together the pair dreamed up better futures for each other. In 1982, he drew up outside the family home in his blue Ford Anglia and whisked Jo Rowling away from the grim stillness of Tutshill to the concerts and bars of Bristol. Harris, getaway driver and foul-weather friend"Įscape came in the form of a new pupil at Wydean Comprehensive, Sean Harris, who quickly became a firm friend. 3.16 Chapter 16: The Chamber of Secrets.
