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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

       
  Ever since Harry had come home for the summer, the Dursleys had been so mean and hideous that all Harry wanted was to get back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he's packing is bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature who says that if Harry returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike.

    And strike it does. 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 girls' bathroom. But then the real trouble begins-- someone is turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, who's mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects...Harry potter himself!     And strike it does. 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 girls' bathroom. But then the real trouble begins-- someone is turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, who's mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects...Harry potter himself!

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Facts and Statistics

- First British Printing, Bloomsbury Publishing, July 1998

- First U.S. Printing, Scholastic, Inc., June 1999

- Page Number Information:

   - U.K. Version: 251 pages
    - U.S. Version: 341 pages

Awards & Records

- Nestlé Smarties Book Prize - Gold Medal 9-11 years, 1998

- Scottish Arts Council Children's Book Award, 1999

- British Book Awards - Children's Book of the Year 1998

- North East Book Award, 1999

- North East Scotland Book Award, 1998

- The Booksellers Association/The Bookseller Author of the Year,
   1998

- FCBG (Federation of Children's Book Group) Children's Book
   Award - Overall winner and in Longer Novel Category, 1998

Facts and Statistics & Awards & Records information credit to Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter.