Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

The third part starts off at Number 4 Privet Drive, the Dursleys residence, where Harry is spending his summer. On the day of his thirteenth birthday Harry finds out that his uncle Vernon’s sister Marge is coming to visit. Marge has no idea that Harry is a wizard and attends Hogwarts, so Vernon tells Harry to act normal and pretend that he attends “St. Brutus’s Secure Center for Incurably Criminal Boys.” Harry tells Vernon he will do that if Vernon signs his permission slip to attend “Hogsmeade”, a village near Hogwarts that third year students are allowed to visit and Vernon agrees to do that if Marge’s visit goes smoothly. Marge hates Harry and loves to insult him. Her stay at the Dursleys goes on eventless till the last day. While having dinner she insults Harry’s parents and Harry gets angry, casts a spell on her that causes her to swell up like a balloon and then he gathers his stuff and leaves the house. He then rides the Knight bus to Diagon Alley and rents a room there till the start of school. Over there he overhears a conversation between Ron’s parents that Sirius Black, a prisoner who escaped at the beginning of the book, is after him. Harry and his friends board the Hogwarts Express where he encounters a “Dementors”, who guard the prison Azkaban, and faints. He is then revived by a man called Lupin who happens to be their new defense against the dark arts professor. Shortly after they arrive at Hogwarts and notice that the place is surrounded by Dementors who are here to capture Sirius Black. Classes resume at Hogwarts. During care of magical creatures class Hagrid teaches them about hippogriffs which are essentially large horses with wings. Harry gets to ride one and Malfoy startles a hippogriff called Buckbeak who bites him. Injures, Malfoy says he will have Hagrid fired and Buckbeak put to sleep.

Later in the book Sirius Black destroys the Fat Lady’s portrait and breaks into Gryffindor Tower and the students sleep in the Great Hall. Soon afterwards Quidditch season starts and Gryffindor plays Hufflepuff. During the game Harry sees a couple of Dementors and faints. As a result his brromstick crashes into the Whomping Willow and breaks. When Harry wakes up he finds out that his team Gryffindor loses the match. For an upcoming Hogsmeade visit Fred and George give Harry the Marauder’s Map which shows secrets passages leading from Hogwarts to Hogsmeade. Harry gets to the village using the map and meets Ron and Hermione there. During the visit he also overhears that Sirius Black betrayed his parents which eventually led to their murder and Sirius Black also killed Peter Pettigrew, a friend of Harry’s parents. When Harry gets back he finds out that Buckbeak, the hippogriff is to be put on a trial. After the trial Buckbeak is sentenced to be put to sleep. When Harry, Ron and Hermione find out about this they use Harry’s invisibility cloak to go visit Hagrid and comfort him. After Buckbeak is executed Harry, Ron and Hermione leave Hagrid’s home and ron is dragged by a large black dog. Harry and Hermione follow the dog and Ron. The dog drags Ron into the Shrieking Shack and morphs into Sirius Black. Harry wants to kill Sirius Black to avenge his parents death but is stopped by Lupin. Lupin and Sirius then try to explain that Peter Pettigrew is the one who betrayed Harry’s parents not Sirius and that Peter is still alive. At this time Snape interrupts them but Harry disarms him. Lupin and Sirius tell them that all these years Peter was disguised as Ron’s pet rat and cast a spell on him to change him into his human shape. Peter then confesses that he was the one who led Lord Voldemort to Harry’s parents. They all start to walk towards Hogwarts but on the way Lupin turns into a werewolf and Peter escapes. Harry and Sirius suddenly get surrounded by Dementors and once again Harry loses consciousness. Harry wakes up in the hospital to find out that Sirius is about to be killed. Soon afterwards Dumbledore enters the room and suggests that Harry and Hermione travel back in time to save Buckbeak and Sirius. Hermione uses her hourglass necklace to travel back in time. Harry and Hermione first save Buckbeak and then head to the room where Sirius is locked. They break the lock and help him escape on Buckbeak just in time.

The book ends off with Harry boarding the bus to get back to the Dursleys.