Books Harry Potter and the Prisoner Of Azkaban - J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third book in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, chronicling Harry’s third year at Hogwarts amid the threat posed by Sirius Black, an escaped prisoner from Azkaban believed to be after Harry.

Plot Summary:

Summer Trouble: Harry accidentally inflates his Aunt Marge with magic and runs away from the Dursleys. He is picked up by the magical Knight Bus and spends the rest of the summer in London.

Sirius Black’s Escape: The wizarding world is on high alert after Sirius Black escapes Azkaban prison. Black is believed to have betrayed Harry’s parents to Voldemort and is now supposedly hunting Harry.

Dementors at Hogwarts: Dementors, the terrifying guards of Azkaban, are stationed at Hogwarts to protect the school. Harry struggles around them, fainting several times, until new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher Professor Lupin teaches him the Patronus Charm to repel them.

Mysteries and Discoveries: Harry learns that Sirius Black was his parents’ close friend and godfather. Alongside Ron and Hermione, Harry investigates and uncovers that the real traitor was Peter Pettigrew, who has been disguised as Ron’s pet rat, Scabbers.

Rescue and Time Travel: When Sirius is captured and sentenced to the Dementor’s Kiss (a fate worse than death), Harry and Hermione use a Time-Turner to travel back in time. They rescue Sirius and Buckbeak, Hagrid’s hippogriff, narrowly avoiding their executions.

Revelations: Harry realizes he was the one who conjured the powerful Patronus that saved them from the Dementors. Sirius Black escapes and goes into hiding, while Professor Lupin resigns after his werewolf condition is revealed.

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