Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix

THERE IS A DOOR at the end of a silent corridor. And it's haunting Harry Potter's dreams. Why else would he be waking in the middle of the night, screaming in terror?

* A Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher with a personality like poisoned honey

* A venomous, disgrunded house-elf

Ron as keeper of the Gryffindor

Quidditch team

* The looming terror of the end-of-term

Ordinary Wizarding Level exams

and of course, the growing chreat of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. In the richest installment yet of J. K. Rowling's seven-part story, Harry Potter is faced with the unreliability of the very government of the magical world and the impotence of the authorities at Hogwarts.

Despite this (or perhaps because of it), he Ands depth and strength in his friends, beyond what even he knew; boundless loyalty; and unbearable sacrifice.

Though thick runs the plot (as well as the spine), readers will race through these pages and leave Hogwarts, like Harry, wishing only for the next train back.