Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
by J.K. Rowling ; illustrations by Mary GrandPré.
- New York : Scholastic Inc. 1999.
- 341 p. ; 21 cm.
- Harry Potter ; #2 .
Harry's second year at Hogwarts is rife with fresh torments and horrors, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor, Gilderoy Lockhart; a spirit named Moaning Myrtle who haunts the girls' bathroom; and the unwanted attentions of Ron Weasley's younger sister, Ginny. But these seem minor when the real trouble begins, and someone -- or something -- starts turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally revealed? Or could it be the one at Hogwarts most suspects... Harry Potter himself!