"Fans who have anxiously awaiting the return
of Harry Potter will be amazed afresh. Rowling might be a Hogwarts graduate herself, for her ability to create such an engaging,
imaginative, and, above all, heart-poundingly suspenseful yarn is nothing short of magical."
-Publisher's Weekly, starred
review
"Fans of the phenomenally popular Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone won't be dissiapointed when they rejoin Harry, now on break after finishing his first
year at Hogwarts. The novel is marked throughout with the same sly and sophisticated humor found in the first book, along
with inventive, new, matter-of-fact uses of magic that will once again have readers longing to emulate Harry and his
wizard friends."
-School Library Journal, starred
review
"Harry Potter's exploits during his second year
at Hogwarts completely measures up to the bewitching measure of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. The magical
foundation so necessary in a good fantasy [is] as expertly crafted here as in the first book."
-Booklist, starred review
