Even the joy of working with “Dumbledore’s Army”-a group of Hogwarts students dedicated to defeating Voldemort-can’t dispel the gathering darkness. He’s haunted by dreams of a heavy door at the end of a silent corridor, and a vision of his father and the young Severus Snape that changes everything he thought he knew about them. In the meantime, he visits his godfather at his ghoulish London home, Grimmauld Place, and learns more about Voldemort’s deep reach into Wizarding history and the Wizarding world.īack at Hogwarts, Harry must deal with a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher with a personality like poisoned honey a surprising new member of the Gryffindor Quidditch team the possibility of his first real romance and the looming nightmare of the Ordinary Wizarding Level exams.

Even as the Ministry of Magic denies his claims, The Daily Prophet discredits him, and even Dumbledore won’t look him in the eye, Harry grows more and more determined to fight his lifelong enemy Voldemort-if only he had the “weapon” the Order is guarding. In response to his reappearance, Dumbledore reactivates the Order of the Phoenix, a secret society which works to defeat the Dark Lord's minions and protect his targets-especially Harry Potter. In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Lord Voldemort has returned to the Wizarding world, presenting a threat that neither the magical government nor the authorities at Hogwarts can stop. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter #5)

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