The Book Shelf: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

By J.K. Rowling

341 Pages

Ages 9-12

Summary

Harry Potter hates being home for the summer. He misses Hogwarts with all the magical elements but most of all he misses his friends. However, Harry spends very little time alone as he is visited by a house elf named Dobby who is set on making sure that Harry does not make it to school for his second year. Dobby is not a malicious elf. He sought to stop Harry for his own good. Dobby knew that something terrible was going to happen at Hogwarts this year and did not want Harry harmed when it happened. Dobby caused some mischief that Harry's aunt and uncle blamed on him. Harry gets locked in his room from which he is rescued by Ron and his brothers. They take Harry home where he spends the remainder of the summer. Harry and Ron run into difficulty while getting to school and take a flying car instead of the train. Harry and Ron get in trouble for crashing the car into a tree when they reach school and are nearly sent home because of it. Once at school, strange things begin to happen including students turning up petrified (not by magic). A rumor begins to circulate that the "chamber of secrets" is open again. People begin to speculate that Harry is a descendent of Slytherin (one of the founders of the school) and speculate that it is he who opened the chamber of secrets and has begun attacking students. Harry goes down into the chamber to rescue Ron's sister and confronts a younger version of the man who killed his parents.

Other books in the Series:

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Other Books by the Author:

Tales of Beedle the Bard

The Original Purpose

This blog actually originated as a class assignment. The first "younger reading" class I took had each student create a different note card for every book they read. The note card was to have all of the information on the book as well as a brief summary and our reaction to what we read. With my children's literature class being the second class that required a similar assignment, I decided that a blog was more practical than trying to find some place to store several hundred 3x5 notecards. Thus the birth of "The Book Shelf." I hope you enjoy my insights.