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  1. May 28, 2000 · With probing, thought-provoking questions like these, the literature guide for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban encourages students to explore the complexities of J.K. Rowling's extraordinarily popular Harry Potter series. The lightweight 18-page booklet is divided into chapter groupings, with summaries, discussion questions, activities ...

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  2. Harry Potter's third year at Hogwarts is full of new dangers. A convicted murderer, Sirius Black, has broken out of Azkaban prison, and it seems he's after Harry. Now Hogwarts is being patrolled by the dementors, the Azkaban guards who are hunting Sirius. But Harry can't imagine that Sirius - or, for that matter, the evil Lord Voldemort - could be more frightening than the dementors themselves ...

  3. The wizarding world is concerned for Harry Potter’s safety when Sirius Black, an escapee from the prison of Azkaban, is believed to be hunting him. Dementors (Azkaban guards) are stationed around Hogwarts as the term begins, and Harry experiences an overwhelming sense of despair and blacks out whenever they are near him.

  4. Historical Context of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. On J.K. Rowling's fan site Pottermore, she's stated that Lupin's werewolfism is a metaphor for "illnesses that carry a stigma," especially those like HIV/AIDS. Lupin faces prejudice and discrimination in similar ways to those that HIV-positive people have experienced since the AIDS ...

  5. For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort.Now he has escaped, leaving only two clues as to where he might be headed: Harry Potter's defeat of You-Know-Who was Black's downfall as well. And the Azkaban guards heard ...

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  6. The dementors are sent to guard the grounds of Hogwarts upon the escape of Sirius Black, the most wanted wizard of the age. Harry befriends a hippogriff, a huge winged lion, and learns deep secrets about his past, kept hidden from him by his closest guardians. The novel was published on July 8, 1999, in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury.

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  8. Overview. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the third book in J. K. Rowling ’s Harry Potter series, follows Harry Potter’s third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The atmosphere is tense as Sirius Black, a dangerous prisoner, is believed to be after him. The plot unfolds with revelations about Harry’s family and ...