Resumo de Harry Potter And The Prisoners Of Azkaban [part A]

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third book in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. The book was published on July 8, 1999. A film based on the book was released on May 31st, 2004, in the United Kingdom (released early due to popular demand) and June 4th in the United States and many other countries. To this day the book continues to be highly popular.Harry is again spending the summer at the Dursleys, celebrating his birthday alone, although he receives gifts and cards from his Hogwarts friends. He also receives a newspaper clipping from Ron; Arthur Weasley won the Daily Prophet Grand Prize Galleon Draw, and the family uses the winnings for a trip to Egypt.The wizard newspaper is filled with stories about insane murderer Sirius Black, who escaped from Azkaban prison. More terrifying, however, is the impending visit of Aunt Marge, Vernon Dursley's sister. Harry and Vernon bargain over a permission slip Harry needs for student outings to Hogsmeade, an all-wizarding village. Vernon agrees to sign it if Harry behaves while Marge is there. But Marge's vicious insults infuriate Harry, and he causes her to swell and float to the ceiling.Fed up, Harry collects his belongings and leaves. On the dark, deserted street, he is startled by a large Black dog. Stumbling, sparks from his wand inadvertently summon the Knight Bus which takes him to Diagon Alley. At The Leaky Cauldron Harry is met by Cornelius Fudge, the Minister for Magic, who surprisingly shrugs off the incident with Harry's aunt. He suggests Harry stay at the Leaky Cauldron until school starts. He is soon joined there by the Weasley family and Hermione. While school shopping, Ron mentions that his pet rat, Scabbers, has been sick since they returned from Egypt. When Hermione buys a cat, Crookshanks, it takes an immediate dislike to Scabbers. Later, Arthur Weasely takes Harry aside and tells him Sirius Black is after him and asks a puzzled Harry to not go looking for him.On board the Hogwarts Express, Harry, Ron and Hermione share a coach with a sleeping Remus Lupin. When the train unexpectedly stops, eerie hooded figures enter the compartment. Their mere presence drains happiness from anyone near them and causes Harry to faint. Lupin repels them with a charm and tells the frightened students the creatures are dementors, the guards of Azkaban prison searching for Sirius Black. At the school feast, Professor Dumbledore announces that the dementors will guard Hogwarts while Black is at large. He welcomes two new teachers?Professor Lupin, the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, and Hagrid, as the Care of Magical Creatures teacher.School begins and Hermione appears to be taking every available subject. Her timetable is a conundrum to Ron and Harry, listing several classes offered at the same time. They attend Divination with Professor Trelawney. Hermione takes an instant dislike to both professor and subject, while Harry begins to fear that the black dog he saw back home is a Grim?an omen of death.Hagrid's first lesson is a failure: While showing students how to approach a hippogriff, Draco Malfoy's arm is slashed by Buckbeak after he deliberately insulted it. The Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson goes well until Professor Lupin prevents Harry from facing a boggart. When Lupin steps between it and Harry, the boggart quickly transforms into a floating white orb, a fact noticed by Hermione. Lupin later explains that he intervened because he feared Harry's boggart would transform into Lord Voldemort's image and disrupt the class. Professor Snape suddenly arrives with a potion for Lupin. Soon after, Snape substitutes for an ill Lupin and unexpectedly has the students study werewolves.One evening, the Gryffindors find themselves locked out of their House, the Fat Lady's portrait has been shredded by Sirius Black, apparently in an attempt to find Harry. One night, Ron awakens to find Black standing over him with Ron screams and Black vanishes.Gryffindor's first Quidditch match, against Hufflepuff, ends in a loss when Harry faints and falls from his broom ? the dementors were drawn to him during the game ? although the Hufflepuff captain, Cedric Diggory insists on a rematch. Unfortunately, Harry's broom was destroyed by the whomping willow. Lupin promises to teach Harry how to force dementors away.Because Harry does not have parental permission, he is barred from visiting Hogsmeade. Fred and George Weasley give him their Marauder's Map showing a secret passage from Hogwarts. Using his Invisibility cloak, Harry sneaks into a pub with Ron and Hermione where they overhear a conversation about Sirius Black between Fudge, Hagrid, Professors Flitwick and McGonagall, and Madam Rosmerta. Black was James Potter's best friend and Harry's godfather ? he was also the Potter's "secret keeper" but betrayed them to Voldemort and killed Peter Pettigrew, another Potter friend. An enraged Harry vows to kill Black.

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