Harry Potter

Harry Potter is a book series written by J.K. Rowling.

Summaries *WARNING: Unintentional Spoilers*

Year One: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone  

Harry Potter is miserable.  His parents died mysteriously when he was a baby, and he was left to live with his horrible aunt (Petunia) and Uncle (Vernon), along with their son (Dudley). All his life, he's been hopeless. He serves as the punching bag for Dudley and his friends, and he's forced to live in the closet under the stairs. But everything changes around his 11th birthday. He gets a puzzling letter from a place claiming to be a magic school. But Uncle Vernon will not have any of this. He tosses the letter out. But they keep coming, and coming. Vernon cannot take one more bloody letter, so he moves them out of their home to a place far away. And on the night of Harry Potter's 11th birthday, he is finally contacted by someone magical. A gigantic wizard named Hagrid comes to Harry's rescue, and he whisks Harry away from the Dursleys. Harry is taken to Hogwarts, and there, he discovers the many secrets that have been plauging him since the beginning. He'll discover how his parents really died, he'll discover what the strange scar on his comes from, and he'll discover who this Lord Voldemort is and why he needs to stop him. Harry Potter is The Boy Who Lived.

Year Two: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter is back for another exciting book. Ron and Hermione, his best friends from the first book, aren't sending him letters. No one is contacting him, and he feels horrible. What's going on?! All is explained when Harry meets a strange creature at his house; Dobby the House Elf. Dobby is trying to stop Harry from going back to Hogwarts, for something terrible is about to be awaken. Dobby does everything he can to prevent Harry from leaving Number 4, Privet Drive, but he can't stop Ron and his crazy family. They come and rescue Harry in...a flying car. He is taken back to Ron's house, the Burrow, and he sets out for Hogwarts there. Harry soon realizes why Dobby was trying to stop him.  Strange things have been happening, including the Petrifying of several students. When Hermione becomes Petrified, Harry finally decides it's time to find out what's going on. It turns out to be more sinister than a twelve year-old could ever imagine. Lord Voldemort is back, but in a different form. He has set loose a very dangerous pet on Hogwarts, and he has taken Ron's sister, Ginny, captive. Poor Harry Potter must try desperately to save her and the school, before they shut it down.

Year Three: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Once again, Harry Potter sets out for Hogwarts, ready for another year of adventure. This time, he is being trailed by the dangerous Sirius Black, who was accused of betraying Harry's parents and killing 13 innocent people, including his old friend, Peter Pettigrew. He was thrown in Azkaban, only to escape 12 years later. The guardians of Azkaban prison, dementors, are now being placed around Hogwarts, to try and catch the murderous fiend. Dementors are terrible creatures, who steal your soul and your happiness. Harry cannot stand them, and only with the help of a new teacher, Professor Lupin, can he defeat them. Every day, Harry Potter discovers something new about all this mess. He gets angrier and angrier at Sirius Black, until one faithful night. Harry discovers a Marauder's Map, which shows the whole school and those who inhabit it. While Harry looks at it one night, he sees something that obviously couldn't be there. Peter Pettigrew is walking through the school. When Harry goes to investigate it, he is discovered by Professor Lupin, who takes the map with interest. And on top of all this hubbub, Hagrid is wreck because his hippogriff attacked Malfoy, Harry's enemy, and the Ministry of Magic is going to kill it. So as Harry sets out to comfort Hagrid, he discovers many things in one long night. He finds out that not all men are really what they're said to be, and he knows now that time is at the hand of Man.

Year Four: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts starts out spectacular. Before school starts, he is invited by Ron to attend the Quidditch (a Wizard sport kind of like soccer, except with three goal posts and played on brooms) World Cup. Harry is excited, and all goes well at the match. But, in the evening everything goes astray. Death Eaters, Voldemort's supporters, have returned, killing everyone in their path and setting the Dark Mark into the air. Could Voldemort have already returned? Harry and his friends go back to Hogwarts, and their fears are instantly forgotten. The Triwizard Tournament (a tournament in which Hogwarts, along with two other Wizarding schools, compete) is being hosted at Hogwarts, and a champion from each school must be picked. On the night of the selection, after the three contestants are picked, Harry Potter's name comes spitting out of the Goblet of Fire. Due to a binding magical contract, he must compete in the Tournament. Little does he know, this is all part of an elaborate plan, and he is surrounded by Dark Wizards. In the last task, Harry witnesses Voldemort's true return, something no one expected. And when he comes back, no one will believe him except Dumbledore, his friendly headmaster, and his friends. Will he be able to convince the Wizardiworld of the grave danger they're in?

Year Five: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry is feeling worse than ever. Ever since Voldemort's return and the end of the school year, Harry has been kept in the dark about the happenings of the Wizarding world. But one night, that all changes. Magic is happening all around him, and he can't see it. But as he walks home with his cousin, they get attacked by a couple of dementors. Harry uses magic to get rid of them, but since the Ministry was already angry at him for 'lying about Voldemort', they decide to expell him from Hogwarts. But Dumbledore will not have it. He sends a group of Wizards to fetch Harry from Number 4, Privet Drive, and they take him back to headquarters of the Order of the Pheonix, which is the opposing force of Voldemort. Harry attends a hearing at the Ministry, and he gets off. As he prepares for another year at Hogwarts, he is met by strange behavior from Dumbledore. He refuses to look at him or talk to him. Harry drops it, and goes back to Hogwarts with his friends. Terrible things happen while he's there, and he sets out to stop it once and for all. He goes back to the Ministry with his friends, to obtain the Prophecy that holds his future. But he is held up by Death Eaters, and an all out battle ensues. The prophecy breaks, and no one hears it, and Harry loses some one very dear to him. He witnesses Voldemort fighting Dumbledore, the only man Voldemort ever feared. He discovers why Dumbledore has been acting this way. Harry doesn't know if he can continue on like this...hero. There's only so much a teenager has in them, right? Will he be able to stop the Dark Lord?

Year Six: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

The latest book in the series, and Harry Potter is back at Hogwarts once again. He has forgotten some school supplies, but the new Potions master lets him borrow an old school book from the cupboard. It is filled with secrets. There's sinister spells written in it, along with tricks and tips to making better potions. All that is written in the front cover is Property of the Half-Blood Prince. Harry sets out to discover who the Half-Blood Prince is. All the while, he's obsessing over the Dark Lord and Malfoy, who's been acting very dark these days. At the end of all things, Harry discovers why the Dark Lord cannot die. As he sets out, trying to get rid off all the things that hold Voldemort to Earth, Death Eaters penetrate the school. Along with the Order, Harry's friends try to stop them, and Harry gets there just in time. But alas, the one person who was always there for him is fading away, and fast. Finally, someone Harry never expects reveals himself to Harry and finishes off Harry's hero. Harry Potter is desperate. Will this ever end?