Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

A special new edition in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,with a stunning new cover illustration by Caldecott Medalist Brian Selznick. The Dursleys were so mean and hideous that summer that all Harry Potter wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he’s packing his bagsHarry receives a warning from a strangeimpish creature named Dobby who says that if Harry Potter returns to Hogwartsdisaster will strike. And strike it does. For in Harry’s second year at Hogwartsfresh torments and horrors ariseincluding an outrageously stuck-up new professorGilderoy Lockharta spirit named Moaning Myrtle who haunts the girls’ bathroomand the unwanted attentions of Ron Weasley’s younger sisterGinny. But each of these seem minor annoyances when the real trouble beginsand someone – or something – starts turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoya more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagridwhose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects… Harry Potter himself! This gorgeous new edition in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone features a newly designed cover illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Brian Selznickas well as the beloved original interior decorations by Mary GrandPr├⌐.