It always takes a good book to make me want to keep reading, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban kept me engaged throughout of reading. novel. The book begins again with Harry stuck spending the summer with his cruel parents the Dursleys at Privet Drive. After being pushed too far, Harry loses his temper, attacks his poor aunt and storms out of the house. He is then picked up by the Knight Bus, which takes him to Diagon Alley where he meets up with his best friends Ron and Hermione and they return to Hogwarts. Dementors enter the train in search of Sirius Black, an escaped prisoner, and often cause Harry to pass out. Professor Lupine teaches him how to cast the Patronus spell, which wards off dementors. Throughout the school year, everyone is consumed with fear of Sirius Black, who breaks into the school twice during the year. Ron's Scabbers rat runs away and, in an attempt to find him, he is dragged into the Shrieking Shack by a giant black dog. Harry and Hermione follow him and soon Lupine and Snape too. We then discover that Professor Lupine is a werewolf, Sirius Black can transform into a black dog, and Scabbers is actually Peter Pettigrew who is also a criminal. After discovering that Sirius Black is good, he is captured by the Dementors but Hermione uses her Time Turner to turn back time and they rescue him. The school year then ends and everything returns to normal. Harry Potter is the protagonist of the novel and spends most of his time risking his life to try to protect his friends and classmates at Hogwarts. He is famous in the wizarding world because he survived the curse that killed both of his parents. He has scruffy brown hair and "eyes behind his glasses... in the middle of a paper... wouldn't tell anyone" (Rowling 289). The fact that Sirius Black is seen as an evil murderer until the final scene, when Harry realizes that he is actually his godfather and was innocent the whole time, shows that deception is an important part of the book. After reading this book, I am delighted to say that I really enjoyed it. I don't always like to read but this novel made me turn the pages. As I said in my previous review, JK Rowling includes small fragments of information that are important later in the book. This makes the story interesting and makes the reader pay attention to the smallest details. His writing style is unique and I really enjoy his creative take on the Harry Potter series and would definitely recommend this book to others. Works Cited Rowling, JK Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. London: Bloomsbury, 2000. Print.