Harry Potter can't wait to get back to Hogw arts after a ,tunincr with no friends and no magic. But his second sear at school is rife with fresh torment,, including an outrageously stuck-up ness professor, Cilderoy Lockhart ; a ghost named hi owning Myrtle. who haunts the girls' bathroom ; and the unwanted attentions of Ron Weaslev's younger sister, Ginny. These seem minor when the real trouble begins, and someone - or something -starts attacking Hogwarts students.
Could it be Draco Malfor, a more poisonous rival than ever ? Could it be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally revealed ? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts suspect, the most ... Harry Porter himself !
