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Book five in Joanne Kathleen Rowling's Harry Potter series follows the darkest year yet for the young wizard, who finds himself knocked time after time the events of last year. Over the summer, gossip (usually traced back to the magic world's newspaper, the Daily Prophet) has turned Harry's... read more
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This novel begins when Harry and his cousin, Dudley Dursley, are attacked by Dementors. Harry uses the Patronus Charm to fight them off and must attend a disciplinary hearing for underage magic. In response to Voldemort's reappearance, Dumbledore has re-activated the Order of the Phoenix, a... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Hermione Granger: Very smart, in fact the smartest out of the whole school! Prefect of Gryffindor.
- Ron Weasley: Has two twin brothers named Fred and George.
- Harry Potter: Has a scar on his face, and sees visions of voldemort in his sleep.
- Nearly Headless Nick: He is the Gryffindor ghost. He was chopped 45 times in the neck with a blunt axe, so his head is not completely decapitated. Died on Halloween.
- Neville Longbottom: A timid character who has a great interest and skill in Herbology, but not much else.
- Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore: Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The only wizard that is feared by Voldemort, (He- Who- Must- Not- Be- Named/Dark Lord). Secret Keeper for the Order of the Phoenix.
- Lord Voldemort (aka He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named or Tom Marvolo Riddle or the Dark Lord): The main antagonist and the most powerful Dark Wizard ever. Vanquished by Harry Potter when he tried to kill the one year old boy. Returned to a bodily form in the 4th book. Fears Albus Dumbledore.
- Nymphadora Tonks: The youngest member of the Order of the Pheonix who prefers to be called by her surname only; she is a Metamorphmagus (one who can change one's appearance at will). An auror.
- Alastor Moody (aka Mad-Eye Moody): Retired Auror (Dark wizard catcher). He was also a teacher at Hogwarts. Has a magic eye. A member of the Order of the Phoenix.
- Draco Malfoy: Is Harry's rival and in the house of Slytherin. Pale and blonde, he is hated by Harry, and who hates him back. Seeker for Slytherin. Prefect of Slytherin.
- Cho Chang: One year above Harry. She is in Ravenclaw and Seeker for their Quidditch team. Harry fancies her.
- Professor Severus Snape: Head of Slytherin House and Potions teacher at Hogwarts. Harry's least favorite teacher is Snape; and Snape's least favorite student is Harry. Often biased towards Harry.
- Professor Dolores Jane Umbridge: Toad-like woman who works at the Ministry of Magic as Senior Undersecretary to the Minister, and Harry's new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Terrible. Fudge's successor.
- Cornelius Oswald Fudge: Minister for Magic. Wants power, won't believe Voldemort is back.
- Rubeus Hagrid: The half-giant game-keeper of Hogwarts Grounds. Care of Magical Creatures teacher.
- Arthur Weasley: Ron's father who works at the Ministry of Magic in the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts department which surely increased his interest of understanding the Muggle world.
- Molly Weasley: Ron's mother and member of the Order of the Phoniex. Also, very strict to her kids, but very nice to Harry.
- Sirius Black (aka Padfoot): Last of the Black heirs beside his cousins. Member of the Order of the Phoenix. Accused of murder, but innocent. Went to Azkaban for 12 years but broke out. Unregistered animagus (Dog); Godfather of Harry.
- Kreacher: The Black's house elf. Hates Muggle-born wizards and witches and blood traitors. Steals things from Sirius's trash that his master, Mrs. Black (Sirius's mother) would want to keep.
- Dobby: The Malfoy's old house elf, extremely fond of Harry Potter as he released him from house duty (book two), considers himself a free elf.
- Fred Weasley: Ron's mischievous brother and George Weasley's twin who collaborate on (almost) harmless pranks and know possibly many of the secret passageways in Hogwarts. Obtained only 3 Owls. A seventh year student.
- George Weasley: Ron's mischievous brother and Fred Weasley's twin who collaborate on (almost) harmless pranks and know possibly many of the secret passageways in Hogwarts. Obtained only 3 Owls. A seventh year student.
- Percy Ignatius Weasley: Ron's brother(Third Weasley children). Was a prefect and head-boy at Hogwarts. Promoted to Junior Assistant to the Minister of Magic.
- Bill Weasley: Ron's oldest brother. Used to work at Gringotts in Egypt as a curse-breaker; now a member of the Order of the Phoenix who has a desk job at Gringotts.
- Bellatrix Lestrange (born Black): Death Eater; cousin to Sirius Black. Forms part of the group that tortured Frank and Alice Longbottom to insanity, a crime for which she was imprisoned in Azkaban. She considers herself to be the Dark Lord's most loyal servant. Married to Rodolphus Lestrange.
- Professor Remus Lupin (aka Moony): Harry's former Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher (third year); a member of the Order of the Phoenix; one of Sirius's best friends; an original member of the Order of the Phoenix; a werewolf.
- Angelina Johnson: A friend of Lee Jordan, Fred and George; Captain of and Chaser on the Gryffindor Quidditch team. A 7-year student.
- Ginny Weasley: Ron's younger sister. In the DA, is very good at Bat-bogey hexes. A fourth year Gryffindor student.
- Luna Lovegood (Loony Lovegood): In the DA. Believes in some things never known to wizards, such as Knargles. Often called "Loony" because of her eccentricities. Father is editor of the Quibbler magazine. She often wears odd clothes such as butter-beer cork necklaces, radish-like earrings...She's a fourth year Ravenclaw.
- Grawp: Giant. Hagrid's half-brother.
- Firenze: The centaur from the Forbidden Forest.
- Petunia Dursley: Wife of Vernon, she is hateful towards Harry and all things magical while spoiling her son Dudley. Sister of Lily Potter, Harry's mother.
- Vernon Dursley: Harry's Muggle uncle who strongly loathes magic and doesn't allow Harry to even talk about it.
- Dudley Dursley: Harry Potter's cousin, who is spoiled and mean to Harry.
- Mrs. Figg (Arabella Doreen Figg): Squib, neighbour of Harry. Happens to have a lot of cats as pets. She used to watch over Harry when he was younger.
- Mundungus Fletcher (aka Dung): A sneaky thief who has a fierce loyalty to Dumbledore.
- Kingsley Shacklebolt: An Auror; also a member of the Order of Phoenix. He is a tall black wizard.
- Elphias Doge: An old friend of Dumbledore's from his time at Hogwarts. A member of the Order of the Phoenix. Has a wheezy voice.
- Dedalus Diggle: A member of the Order who adores Harry Potter.
- Emmeline Vance: Auror and Member of the Order of the Phoenix. A stately-looking witch.
- Sturgis Podmore: Member of the Order of the Phoenix; square-jawed wizard with thick straw-coloured hair.
- Hestia Jones: Member of the Order of the Phoenix
- Elphias Doge: a man who works at the ministry
- Professor Grubbly-Plank: The substitute Care of Magical Creatures Teacher at Hogwarts. Fills in for Hagrid in first term.
- Professor Minerva McGonagall: Deputy Headmistress, head of Gryffindor house and Transfiguration teacher. Is a registered animagus (Cat). In this book, she is one of the only teachers who stands up to Professor Umbridge.
- Professor Sybill Trelawney: Long-standing Hogwarts Divination Teacher. Fraudy.
- Phineas Nigellus Black: Sirius Black's ancestor, former Headmaster of Hogwarts. Least popular headmaster Hogwarts ever had.
- Rita Skeeter: A sly reporter who writes for the Daily Prophet. She was also in the Goblet of Fire. Uses a Quick Quotes Quill to do most of her story writing. She has a tendency to exaggerate about and extrapolate from the information she gets.
- Marietta Edgecombe: Marietta is a Ravenclaw student who is friends with Cho Chang. Her mother works for the Ministry of Magic in the Department of Magical Transportation Floo Network Office, and she is under a lot of pressure to support Professor Umbridge during her time at Hogwarts. She is an unwilling member of Dumbledore's Army.
- James Potter (aka Prongs): Harry's dad; killed by Lord Voldemort. Unregistered Animangus(Stag); close friends with Sirius Black and Remus Lupin.
- Lily Potter (born Evans): Harry's mother; also killed by Lord Voldemort but died protecting her child; a Mudblood.
- Madam Poppy Pomfrey: Nurse at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
- Charlie Weasley: Ron's second brother. Member of the Order of the Phoenix who stays in Romania, working with dragon and tries to establish contact with other foreign wizards and witches in order to alert them of the return of Voldemort.
- Regulus Black: Yonger brother of Sirius Black; dead.
- Amelia Susan Bones: Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. Aunt of Susan Bones who is in Hufflepuff.
- Pansy Parkinson: Fifth year Slytherin; Prefect; Friend with Draco Malfoy and gang.
- Ernie Macmillan: Fifth year Hufflepuff; Prefect; Member of DA.
- Hannah Abbott: Fifth year Hufflepuff; Prefect.
- Anthony Goldstein: Fifth year Ravenclaw; Prefect; Member of DA.
- Padma Patil: Fifth year Ravenclaw; Prefect; Has a twin sister in Gryffindor, Parvati Patil.
- Micheal Corner: Boyfriend of Ginny Weasley; member of Ravenclaw; DA member.
- Griselda Marchbanks: Head of the Wizarding Examination Authority.
Quotes edit
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“Give her hell from us, Peeves.”
Fred & George (because I count them as one person!) -
“Listening to the news? Again? Well, it changes everyday, you see.”
Uncle Vernon and Harry -
“You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.”
Albus Dumbledore -
“Thoughts could leave deeper scarring than almost anything else.”
Madam Pomfrey -
“Size is no guarantee of power.”
George Weasley -
“Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure.”
Luna Lovegood -
“Poisonous toadstools don't change their spots.”
Ron Weasley -
“Oh, most think he's barking, the Potty wee lad,But some are more kindly and think he's just sad, But Peevesy knows better and says that he's mad.”
Peeves -
“Weasley is our King, Weasley is our King, He didn't let the Quaffle in, Weasley is our King. Weasley can save anything, He never leaves a single ring, That's why Gryffindors all sing: Weasley is our King. Weasley is our King, Weasley is our King, He didn't let the Quaffle in, Weasley is our King.”
Gryffindors' Cheer for Ron -
“Ron, you are the most insensitive wart I have ever had the misfortune to meet.”
Hermione Granger -
“Just because you've got the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have.”
Hermione Granger (referring to Ron) -
“The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure. Thoughts are not etched on the inside of skulls, to be perused by any invader. The mind is a complex and many layered thing, Potter. . .or at least, most minds are. . . .”
Severus Snape -
“Such a lovely, sweet-tempered girl.”
Ron Weasley (referring to Hermione) -
“On the contrary. . . the fact that you can feel pain like this is your greatest strength.”
Albus Dumbledore -
“Harry, I owe you an explanation. An explanation of an old man's mistake. For I see now that what I have done, and not done, with regard to you, bears all the hallmarks of the failing of age. Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young. . .”
Albus Dumbledore -
“Indifference and neglect often do much more damage that outright dislike. . .”
Albus Dumbledore -
“'What was the point, we asked ourselves, of disrupting leisure time?' 'No point at all, we answered ourselves.'”
Fred and George -
“Shrieking with rage and frustration, she (Dolores Umbridge) attempted to trace the symptoms to their source, but the students told her stubbornly they were suffering 'Umbridge-itis'.”
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“This is a two-way mirror. I've got the other. If you need to speak to me just say my name into it; you'll appear in my mirror and I'll be able to talk in yours. James and I used to to use them when we were in separate detentions.”
Sirius Black -
“Was it -- was it you-know-what, darling? Did he use -- his thing?”
Aunt Petunia -
“"Griffiyndors are supposed to be brave”
Phillieus Niggellus -
“You may not like him minister, but you can't deny it - Dumbledore's got style.”
Kingsley -
“"Don't put Your wand there, boy! What is it ignited? Better wizards than you have lost buttocks, you know!" "Who d'you know who's lost a buttock?"”
Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody and Nymphadora Tonks -
“I enjoyed the meetings too. It was like having friends.”
Luna Lovegood -
“You see Dumbledore? Never try to understand the students. They hate it. They would much rather be tragically misunderstood, wallow in self-pity, stew in their own __.”
Phineas Nigellus -
“Harry was first to wake up in his dormitory next morning. He lay for a moment watching dust swirl in the ray of sunlight coming through the gap in his four-posters hangings, and savoured the thought that it was Saturday.”
J. K. Rowling -
“when Umbridge finished her speech,"That was the dullest speech i've ever heared and I grew up with Percy"”
Ron Weasley -
“- They've demoted him from Chief Warlock on the Wizengamot and they're talking about taking away his Order of Merlin, First Class, too.- But Dumbledore says he doesn't care what they do as long as they don't take him off the Chocolate Frog Cards.”
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“This is a lie”
Dolores Umbridge -
“I must not tell lies”
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“We've all got both good and bad in us. What matters is the path we choose to act on.”
Sirius Black -
“And I've always thought Fred and I should've got "E" in everything, because we exceeded expectations just by turning up for the exams.”
George Weasley -
“If you want to see what a man's really like, you look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
Sirius Black -
“What are Fred and I, next door neighbours?”
George Weasley -
“Fools who wear their hearts proudly on their sleeves, who cannot control their emotion, who wallow in sad memories and allow themselves to be provoked so easily, stand no chance against his powers!”
Severus Snape -
“Amazing how much more difficult it was to extend his arm twelve inches and touch her hand than it was to snach a speeding snitch from midair...”
Harry Potter -
“The cat's among the pixies now”
Mrs. Figg
Setting & Locations edit
- Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: A secluded school in Britain, reached by going through Platform 9 and 3/4 in King's Cross Station.
- The Ministry of Magic
- 12 Grimmauld Place: Order of the Phoenix headquarters.
- The Department of Mysteries: A part of the Ministry of Magic.
- Little Whinging, Surrey, England: area where Harry's aunt and uncle live.
Organizations edit
- Order of Phoenix: A secret organization working to prevent the rise of Lord Voldemort organised by Professor Dumbledore.
- Death Eaters: The sworn followers of Voldemort.
- D.A: Dumbledore's Army was formed by Harry Potter to teach fellow Defense Against the Dark Arts peers to practise actual duelling magic, currently forbidden by Umbridge.
- Gryffindor: One of the four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, founded by Godric Gryffindor. Its emblematic animal is the lion and its colours are scarlet and gold. Minerva McGonagall is the most recent Head of House. Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, also known as "Nearly Headless Nick" is the house ghost. The particular characteristics of students Sorted into Gryffindor are courage and chivalry, of which the lion is the symbol. Some Gryffindor students are: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ronald Weasley, Ginny Weasley.
- Ravenclaw: One of the four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, founded by Rowena Ravenclaw. Members of this house are characterised by their intelligence and cleverness. Its house colours are blue and bronze, and its symbol is the eagle. The house ghost, who in life was the daughter of the house's founder Rowena Ravenclaw, is the Grey Lady. Many great wizards and witches have come from this house, including Filius Flitwick and Luna Lovegood.
- Slytherin: One of the four Houses at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and is traditionally home to students who exhibit such traits as cunning and ambition. Its emblematic animal is the snake and its colours are green and silver. Founded by Salazar Slytherin, the house is comprised mostly of pure-blood students, due to its founder's mistrust of Muggle-born witches and wizards. The house has a negative reputation, with many claiming that it is the source of most Dark Wizards in Britain, notably Tom Marvolo Riddle, a.k.a. Lord Voldemort, as well as many of his Death Eaters. Some Slytherin students are: Draco Malfoy, Severus Snape or Vincent Crabbe.
- Hufflepuff: One of the four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Its founder was the Medieval witch Helga Hufflepuff. The Head of Hufflepuff is Pomona Sprout. The Fat Friar is the House's patron ghost. Hufflepuff is the most inclusive among the four houses, valuing hard work, patience, friendship and fair play rather than a particular aptitude in its members. Its emblematic animal is the badger, and yellow and black are its colours. Some Hufflepuff students are: Cedric Diggory, Nyphadora Tonks.
- Inquisitorial Squad: Organization formed by Umbridge to keep tabs on students by students.
First Sentence edit
The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay over the large, square houses of Privet Drive.
Table of Contents edit
1. Dudley Demented
2. A Peck of Owls
3. The Advance Guard
4. Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place
5. The Order of the Phoenix
6. The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black
7. The Ministry of Magic
8. The Hearing
9. The Woes of Mrs. Weasley
10. Luna Lovegood
11. The Sorting Hat's New Song
12. Professor Umbridge
13. Detention with Dolores
14. Percy and Padfoot
15. The Hogwarts High Inqusitor
16. In the Hog's Head
17. Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four
18. Dumbledore's Army
19. The Lion and the Serpent
20. Hagrid's Tale
21. The Eye of the Snake
22. St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries
23. Christmas on the Closed Ward
24. Occlumency
25. The Beetle at Bay
26. Seen and Unforeseen
27. The Centaur and the Sneak
28. Snape's Worst Memory
29. Career Advice
30. Grawp
31. O.W.L.s
32. Out of the Fire
33. Fight and Flight
34. The Department of Mysteries
35. Beyond the Veil
36. The Only One He Ever Feared
37. The Lost Prophecy
38. The Second War Begins
Glossary edit
- Muggle: A human who does not exhibit magical talents.
- Mudblood: An offensive term for a wizard or witch who was 'muggle-born' or not born into a wizarding family
- Animagi: Wizards who can turn themselves into animals at will. The singular form is animagus.
- Azkaban: Prison fortress where wizarding criminals are sent. Guarded day and night by the terrifying Dementors, who drain peace, hope and happiness out of any human who comes too close to them.
- Quidditch: A wizarding game played on broom sticks. Each team has 7 players: 3 chasers, 2 beaters, 1 keeper, and a seeker. The chaser passes the quaffle and shoots in the goals. The beaters hit two balls called bludgers that try to knock the players off their broomsticks. The beaters knock the bludgers away from their teammates, and back to the other the team. The seeker is supposed to search for the snitch. It is very hard to catch, but when they do, they win 150 points and ends the game.
- Squib: A Squib is a non-magical person who is born to at least one magical parent. Squibs are, in essence, the antithesis of Muggle-born wizards and witches. They are rare and are looked upon with some degree of disdain by some witches and wizards, particularly pure-bloods.
- Metamorphmagi: A person who can change their appearance at will. This person does not need to take a potion or use a spell to transform their appearance and are a very rare breed of wizards.
- Gormless: British term for simple, unintelligent.
- Replete: Abundantly supplied
- Frisson: A shudder, a thrill.
- Asperity: Roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
- Detritus: Small, loose fragments of a larger whole that has been broken apart.
- Patronus: An anti-dementor charm. (Expecto Patronum!) Also can talk to send warnings. (made of silver mist)
- Dementor: Gray, slimy body that has no eyes in its sockets, no nose, and no teeth or tongue in its mouth, used for the Dementor's Kiss.
- OWLs: Ordinary Wizarding Level. Examiations taken on the students' fifth year of Education at Hogwarts.
- Legilimency: The act of magically navigating through the many layers of a person's mind and correctly interpreting one's findings.
- Occlumency: The act of magically closing one's mind against Legilimency. It can prevent a Legilimens from accessing one's thoughts and feelings.
Themes & Symbolism edit
- The Relationship Between Knowledge and Time: truth is the daughter of time.
- Education As Empowerment: Education makes you more powerful
- The Importance of Unity: Together you can do anything
Errata edit
When Harry first visits the headquarters of the Order, it is stated that Harry closed the door after Hermione left the room. This is incorrect, as the text states that Hermione closed the door when she left, with the next sentence saying that Harry went to close the door after Hermione had left.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 5 of 7 in Harry Potter. (standard series)
Preceded by Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and followed by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
This is book 10 of 195 in Shelfari Most Popular (December 2011). (authoritative list)
Preceded by New Moon, and followed by Eclipse.
This is book 6 of 11 in Harry Potter Universe. (universe)
Preceded by Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and followed by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
This is book 9 of 195 in Shelfari Most Popular (June 2010). (authoritative list)
Preceded by Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and followed by New Moon.
This is book 6 of 10 in TIME Magazine Best of the Decade. (community list)
Preceded by The Known World, and followed by Atonement.
This book is in Best fantasy books. (community list)
This is book 59 of 95 in Estrela do Mar. (community list)
Preceded by The Secret of Platform 13, and followed by The Sands of Time.
This is book 9 of 194 in Shelfari Most Popular (December 2010). (authoritative list)
Preceded by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and followed by New Moon.
This is book 3 of 146 in Whitcoulls Top 100 (2011). (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Hobbit, and followed by One Day.
This is book 4 of 215 in Whitcoulls Kids' Top 50 (2011). (authoritative list)
Preceded by Shadow Wave , and followed by The Hunger Games.
This is book 5 of 30 in Top selling 100 books 1998-2010 (Guardian). (authoritative list)
Preceded by Angels & Demons.
This is book 10 of 195 in Shelfari Most Popular (June 2011). (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- J. K. Rowling (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Jason Cockcroft (Illustrator)
- Mary GrandPré (Illustrator)
- Jim Dale (Performer)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: 21 June, 2003
ISBN: 0747551006
Page Count: 766
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: 21 June, 2003
ISBN: 0747551006
Page Count: 766
Awards edit
- Bram Stoker Award (2003: Work for Young Readers, winner)
- Anthony (2004: Best Young Adult Mystery, winner)
- Prometheus Award (Finalist, 2004: Best Novel)
- ALA Best Book for Young Adults (2004, #1)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: Fic 22
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Young AdultsSome violence. Teens Fighting Adults, Some torture and attacks. there is a high level of emotional upset, the morality and boost to reading ability more than balance them out. Positive themes of friendship, equality, and loyalty continue to flourish.
Subjects edit
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- Books › Teens › Literature & Fiction
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- Books › Children's Books › Ages 9-12 › Series
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- J.K. Rowling: Author's Website
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