內容簡介
內容簡介 《哈利波特:消失的密室》這個夏天結束前,哈利本來應該能夠順利重返霍格華茲。但人算不如天算,家庭小精靈多比突然造訪,警告他若是回到學校,將面臨生命危險!為了讓哈利徹底「斷念」,多比不但攔截了所有朋友們寄來的信,還用魔法陷害他,害他慘遭禁足。但哈利始終很清楚,自己渴望回到霍格華茲。他想念那座藏著秘密通道和幽靈的城堡,想念他的魔法課程、由貓頭鷹送達的郵件,以及馳騁天際的魁地奇。彷彿聽到了他內心的呼喚,好友榮恩駕著飛天車,硬是把他從姨丈家給救了出來。升上二年級的哈利,因為擊退佛地魔的英勇事蹟,成為全校的風雲人物,嚮往已久的校園生活,似乎有了極佳的開端。但危機卻也在此時悄然而至,先是無人的走廊出現了詭異的耳語聲,接著竟發生一連串襲擊事件。管理員飛七的貓、崇拜哈利的一年級學弟……遭到「石化」的被害者陸續增加。難道,多比的警告成真了嗎?犯罪現場留下的不祥訊息「密室」又代表著什麼意義?一個埋藏了五十年的可怕秘密,正一步步引領哈利走向險境……——中文簡介擷取自中譯本《哈利波特(2):消失的密室》,皇冠出版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 bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature named Dobby who says that if Harry Potter 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, Gilderoy Lockhart, a spirit named Moaning Myrtle who haunts the girls' bathroom, and the unwanted attentions of Ron Weasley's younger sister, Ginny.
作者介紹
作者介紹 J. K. RowlingJ. K. Rowling is the author of the seven Harry Potter books, which have sold over 500 million copies, been translated into over 80 languages, and made into eight blockbuster films. She also wrote three short series companion volumes for charity, including Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which later became the inspiration for a new series of films. Harry’s story as a grown-up was later continued in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which J.K. Rowling wrote with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany.In 2020, she returned to publishing for younger children with the fairy tale The Ickabog, which she initially published for free online for children in lockdown, later donating all her book royalties to help vulnerable groups affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.J.K. Rowling has received many awards and honors for her writing, including for her detective series written under the name Robert Galbraith. She supports a wide number of humanitarian causes through her charitable trust Volant, and is the founder of the children’s care reform charity Lumos.For as long as she can remember, J.K. Rowling wanted to be a writer, and is at her happiest in a room, making things up. She lives in Scotland with her family.Mary GrandPréMary GrandPré has illustrated more than twenty beautiful books, including The Noisy Paint Box by Barb Rosenstock, which received a Caldecott Honor; Cleonardo, the Little Inventor, of which she is also the author; and the original American editions of all seven Harry Potter novels. Her work has also appeared in the New Yorker, the Atlantic Monthly, and the Wall Street Journal, and her paintings and pastels have been shown in galleries across the United States. Ms. GrandPré lives in Sarasota, Florida, with her family.