Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Hi, I am Advik and I’m in 8th grade. I love to read, watch TV, swim and travel.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, book five in the Harry Potter series, is exceptionally compelling. Rowling shows skill at character work here, whereas the previous books were about the world-building of Harry Potter.
As Harry Potter enters his fifth year at Hogwarts, he learns that most of the wizarding community doesn’t know about Harry’s encounter with The Dark Lord (Lord Voldemort). There is a new Defense against the Dark Arts professor, Professor Dolores Umbridge. Her methods are evil, and her way of teaching is tedious and useless. Because of this, Harry forms a group of students to defend the school against the constant rising of evil.
A turning point in the book is Harry’s vision of his godfather, Sirius Black, being held captive and tortured by Voldemort in the Department of Mysteries. Harry rushes to the Department of Mysteries to find a glass sphere with Harry’s and Voldemort’s names. He then realized it was a trap, and Sirius wasn’t at the Ministry of Magic. After being saved and transported safely back to Hogwarts by Dumbledore, he tells Harry secrets that were kept from him for fifteen long years. As the secrets are unearthed, they shock Harry but determine his future in a scary way.
This book is fantastic and genuinely amazing. In fact, this is my seventh time reading the Harry Potter series, and I’m still hooked. The way Rowling paints the story and creates this magical world is downright phenomenal. I recommend this book for ages ten to adults
