I really like the Harry Potter books, and this is no exception!
In this book Harry is very stressed. He is stuck with his horrible aunt, uncle, and cousin; ALL summer, with NO information about the wizarding world. His friends only give vague hints about what's going on, and he's pretty sure that they are somewhere together, having fun without him!
This book is filled with Love, Loss, Adventure, Hard decisions, And TONS of work.
Even after Harry is back with the magical community, he is put under a lot of pressure. Before school even STARTS he has to go to a hearing at the Ministry of Magic for preforming illegal magic. At school he studies with the other 5th years for HUGE tests called OWLs. Half the school thinks he's nuts because the Ministry is having the Daily Prophet print horrible stuff about him, so no one believes that Voldemort is back. To make things worse; Dumbledore won't talk to Harry, even make eye contact.
With all these troubles, Harry feels as bad at school as he did away from it. Luckily, he still has one thing to keep life worth living
I like Thestrals.
- Avery, 6th grade, Cambridge Friends School
