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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
is the fifth in the
Harry Potter series
written by
J. K. Rowling
, and was published on 21 June 2003 by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom, Scholastic in the United States, and Raincoast in Canada. Five million copies were sold in the first 24 hours of publication.
The novel features
Harry Potter
's struggles through his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, including the surreptitious return of the antagonist Lord Voldemort, O.W.L. exams, and an obstructive
Ministry of Magic
.
Harry Potter
is spending another horrible summer with his dreadful Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon when a group of evil spirits called Dementors stage an unexpected attack on Harry and his cousin Dudley.
After he uses magic to defend himself and Dudley, an act that later gets
Harry Potter
expelled from Hogwarts, he is visited by a group of wizards and Mad-Eye Moody and the is whisked off to number 12, Grimmauld Place, London. Number 12 is the home of
Harry Potter
's godfather, Sirius Black, and the headquarters of
the Order of the Phoenix
.
The Order
is a group of witches and wizards, led by Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore, dedicated to fighting the evil Lord Voldemort and his followers.
The Order
is forced to operate in secrecy, outside of the jurisdiction of the
Ministry of Magic
, which is headed by the dense and corrupt Cornelius Fudge. Fudge refuses to believe that Lord Voldemort has returned ... (Summary by Wikipedia)
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