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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

    
   For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort.
   Now he has escaped, leaving only two clues as to where he might be headed: Harry Potter defeat of You-Know-Who was Black's downfall as well. And the Azkaban guards heard Black muttering in his sleep, "He's at Hogwarts... he's at Hogwarts."
    Harry Potter isn't safe, not even within the walls of his magic school, surrounded by his friends. Because on top of it all, there may very well be a traitor in their midst.

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Facts and Statistics

- First British printing, Bloomsbury Publishing, July, 1999

- Initial print run of 200,000 copies

- In the first two days after it's release, Prisoner of Azkaban sold over
   68,000 copies

- First U.S. printing, Scholastic, Inc., October, 1999

- For, 16 weeks, the first three Harry Potter books simultaneously
   held the top three positions in The New York Times hard-cover
   bestseller list, and was the #1 paperback.

- Due to the Harry Potter phenomenon, The New York Times created
   a new and separate bestseller list for children's books.

- Page Number Information:

   - U.K. Version: 317 pages
    - U.S. Version: 435 pages

 

Awards & Records

- Nestlé Smarties Book Prize - Gold Medal 9-11 years, 1999

- Whitbread Children's Book of the Year, 1999

- British Book Awards - Author of the Year, 1999

- FCBG (Federation of Children's Book Group) Children's Book
   Award - Overall winner and in Longer Novel Category, 1999

 

 

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