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Harry Potter
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1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
3 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
4 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
5 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
6 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
7 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
8 External Links
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
Stone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Author J. K. Rowling
Original title (if not in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
English) Stone
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Harry Potter
Genre(s) Fiction

2. Harry Potter is the most miserable, lonely boy you Publisher Bloomsbury
Released July 2, 1998 (UK), June 2, 1999
can imagine. He’s shunned by his relatives, the
(US)
Dursley’s, that have raised him since he was an Preceded by None
infant. He’s forced to live in the cupboard under the Followed by 'Harry Potter and the Chamber
of Secrets '
stairs, forced to wear his cousin Dudley’s hand-me-
down clothes, and forced to go to his neighbour’s
house when the rest of the family is doing something fun. Yes, he’s just about as miserable as you can get.
Harry’s world gets turned upside down on his 11th birthday, however. A giant, Hagrid, informs Harry that he’s
really a wizard, and will soon be attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry also learns that,
in the wizarding world, he’s a hero. When he was an infant, the evil Lord Voldemort killed his parents and then
tried to kill Harry too. What’s so amazing to everyone is that Harry survived, and allegedly destroyed Voldemort
in the process.
When Harry hears all this, he doesn’t know what to think. However, everything Hagrid tells him turns out to be
true, and with a joyful heart Harry starts wizarding school in September. He quickly becomes best friends with a
boy named Ron Weasley, and before they even make it to Christmas, they break tons of school rules when
they attack a troll and prevent it from killing fellow student Hermione Granger. After the troll incident, the three
become inseparable, and Harry is amazed to have found such great friends. He is constantly busy trying to
stay on top of the mounds of homework, as well as participating in weekly Quidditch practices. Quidditch is a
popular sport among wizards and Harry is the youngest Quidditch player in over a century. It's also a game
Harry loves more than anything else at school.
As the year progresses, the three friends set out to solve the mystery of the gigantic three-headed dog that is
guarding something in a deserted corridor in the school. They figure out that a very valuable object, the
Sorcerer’s Stone, is being hidden in the school, although they don’t know why. When one of the professors
starts acting as if he’s trying to steal it, they quickly take action to circumvent the theft.
Things come to a head when they sneak past the vicious, three-headed dog and go down into the bowels of
the school, determined to save the stone. Ron and Hermione help Harry get through the challenges set forth to
stop the thief, but Harry must go on alone to battle the professor. When he finally gets to the last room,
however, he’s astonished to find someone else entirely.
Harry is forced to do battle with the wizard that tried to kill him so many years before, Lord Voldemort. He’s able
to save the Sorcerer’s Stone, although he’s almost killed in process. The school headmaster, Dumbledore,
arrives just in time to save Harry.
The school year ends spectacularly. Harry, Ron, and Hermione are honored for their service to the school, and
Harry leaves to go back to the Dursley’s for the summer feeling as if he’s finally found a place where he really
belongs.

3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of
Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
It’s been another long summer at the Dursley’s for
Harry Potter. He can’t wait to get back to Hogwarts
and is counting down the days until he can return.
He’s surprised when, on his birthday, a strange
elfish creature named Dobby shows up with dire
warnings for Harry: He must not return to
Hogwarts!
When Harry refuses to stay home from school,
Dobby lands him in heaps of trouble with the
Dursley’s, who lock Harry up in his room and
refuse to let him out. Before Harry can sink too far
into despair, however, Ron Weasley and his two
Author J. K. Rowling
brothers, twins Fred and George, come to his
Country United Kingdom
rescue in a flying car and spirit him back to their
Language English
house, where Harry is thrilled to spend the
Series Harry Potter
remainder of the summer.
Genre(s) Fiction
Thus starts an eventful second year for Harry Publisher Bloomsbury
Potter. Between having to cope with more Released July 2, 1998 (UK), June 2, 1999 (US)
homework than ever, a Defense Against the Dark Preceded by 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'
Followed by 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'
Arts professor who is vain and convinced Harry is
too, and a mysterious voice he keeps hearing in
the walls, Harry’s days are nothing if not interesting.
As the school year progresses, however, the mysterious voice Harry keeps hearing is getting more and more
menacing, and soon vicious attacks start happening to the students of Hogwarts. When Harry discovers, quite
by accident, that he is a Parslemouth and can speak to snakes, he’s quickly singled out as Slytherin’s heir, the
person who, according to legend, will open the mysterious “Chamber of Secrets” and release the monster
within.
Of course Harry has no idea who is attacking the students, but he quickly resolves to find out who is
responsible. He, Ron, and Hermione come up with an elaborate plan to disguise themselves as Slytherin
students so they can question Draco Malfoy, whom they believe is the one setting the monster loose in the

4. school. The plan goes perfectly, but they’re disappointed when they find out from Draco that he is not the one
they’re looking for.
The quest gets personal when Hermione is attacked and petrified by the monster. Ron and Harry are
devastated, and are left on their own to uncover the true identity of the person responsible. Events come to a
head when Ron’s sister, Ginny, is kidnapped and taken down into the Chamber of Secrets, and Ron and Harry
discover an important clue that Hermione left for them. They quickly head down into the Chamber of Secrets to
rescue Ginny.
Harry and Ron get separated once they’re down there and Harry is left to pursue the monster on his own. He
quickly finds Ginny, and thanks to some mysterious help from Dumbledore and his pet phoenix, Fawkes, Harry
is able to destroy Slytherin’s heir, who turns out to be a younger version of Lord Voldemort. Voldemort had
possessed Ginny through an enchanted diary and was using her to set the monster loose on the students.
Harry and Ron are both hailed as heroes when they make it back out with Ginny, and Harry can’t imagine a
finer end to such an eventful year when Hermione and the rest of the victims are healed and they win
Gryffindor loads of House points.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Author J. K. Rowling
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Harry Potter

5. Harry starts off his third year at Hogwarts rather Genre(s) Fiction
Publisher Bloomsbury
eventfully when he inadvertently blows up his Aunt
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Marge, goes on the run, and is then personally
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absolved by the Minister of Magic himself. He then
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learns that mass murderer, Sirius Black, is intent
on killing him, and Mr. Weasley makes him promise
a strange thing, that no matter what he hears he won’t go looking for Black. Confused, Harry agrees.
As he heads back to school armed with this knowledge, he learns that dementors, evil, soul-sucking creatures,
have been stationed around Hogwarts to protect the students from Black. The dementors affect Harry much
more than the other students because of his terrible past, and he quickly resolves to learn to defend himself
when he begins collapsing every time they come near. He finds a willing teacher in Professor Lupin, the new
Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, who begins teaching Harry the Patronus Charm, which is the only
spell that will work against the foul creatures.
As the school year progresses, the third year students are buried under piles of homework. Hermione is
already stressed out due to her enormous course load, and none of them can figure out how she’s getting to all
her classes. It doesn’t help that Hermione’s cat, Crookshanks, repeatedly tries to eat Ron’s rat, Scabbers,
causing the two friends to argue ceaselessly about the animals. They stop speaking entirely when it’s
discovered that Crookshanks seems to have eaten Scabbers and Ron is devastated.
Harry has a few close calls with Black when he breaks into the castle, but Black is not apprehended. Things
come to a climax as the school year ends when a number of events occur. First, Ron’s rat, Scabbers, turns out
to still be alive and is really a wizard in disguise. This wizard, Peter Pettigrew, has chosen to hide himself in this
way so that he can spy on Harry and his friends on behalf of Lord Voldemort. Harry learns that it was Peter,
and not Sirius Black, that betrayed his parents to Voldemort. Just when Harry is sure Peter is finally going to be
punished for his crimes, he escapes into the night.
Sirius, long thought to be a mass murderer and Voldemort supporter, turns out to be innocent. Harry also
learns that Sirius is his godfather. He’s overjoyed when, for a moment, he thinks he might be finally free of the
Dursleys and able to live with Sirius, but Sirius has to go on the run from the Ministry to avoid being
apprehended.
Professor Lupin, Harry’s favorite teacher, ends up resigning his post when it’s discovered that he’s a werewolf.
He narrowly avoids attacking the kids, and it’s Sirius that saves their lives when he turns into a huge shaggy
dog to protect them.
It’s an action-packed year to be sure, but Harry is very happy that Sirius makes it out safely and is finally free
from Azkaban. He’s comforted by the fact that he finally has a family-member, so to speak, out there watching
over him.

6. Harry Potter and the Goblet of
Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry can’t believe it. The Weasley’s have invited
him to the Quidditch World Cup, which means he’ll
get to leave the Dursley’s house early and go see a
game that anyone would kill to see.
The game is intense, but not just because of the
stellar players and non-stop action. Voldemort’s
servants, the Death Eaters, make an appearance
and the wizarding world is shocked when
Voldemort’s sign appears in the sky after the game.
When Harry, Ron, and Hermione finally make it
back to Hogwarts a few weeks later, they’re
shocked to find that the school will be hosting the Author J. K. Rowling
Triwizard Tournament this year. It’s a competition Country United Kingdom
between the three wizarding schools of Hogwarts, Language English
Durmstrang, and Beauxbatons. A champion is Series Harry Potter
chosen for each school and competes in very Genre(s) Fiction
difficult challenges that test their skill and daring. Publisher Bloomsbury
Released July 8, 2000
When the students from the other schools arrive in
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October, the students begin putting their name in
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the Goblet of Fire in order to be chosen as their
school's champion. Harry is shocked beyond belief when, in spite of his inability to compete because of his
age, he’s chosen as the fourth school champion.
What’s even worse is that Ron doesn’t believe that Harry didn’t put his name in the goblet. They get into a huge
fight, and Ron stops talking to Harry. The rest of Hogwarts is also incensed that Harry is "looking for more
fame", and the only person who stands by Harry’s side is Hermione.
In the tournament, the first task of fighting dragons goes great for Harry, and what’s even better is that it
convinces Ron that Harry was telling the truth all along, and they become friends again.
As the school year progresses Harry is beset with troubles. Snooping journalist, Rita Skeeter, continues to
publish gossipy articles about Harry that alienate him from the rest of the school, he’s turned down by his
crush, Cho Chang, when he asks her to the Yule Ball, and in the days leading up to the second task of the
tournament, which involves retrieving something important from the bottom of a lake filled with mer-people, he

7. almost doesn’t find a way to accomplish what he’s got to do. Saved at the last minute, however, Harry again
gets almost full marks and is tied for first place.
Sirius returns to keep an eye on Harry, as well as the mysterious happenings that keep taking place at
Hogwarts. There is someone at the school who wants Harry dead, but no one knows who it is.
During the final task of the tournament, Harry and Cedric both tie for first place, but as soon as they grasp the
winner's cup, they are transported to a creepy graveyard where Cedric is immediately killed and Harry tied up
by Wormtail. He witnesses Voldemort’s return to power, and barely makes it back to Hogwarts alive, clutching
Cedric’s body.
When he gets back he discovers that "Professor Moody",the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, was
the traitor all along. He’s a magically disguised Death Eater who risked everything to kidnap Harry for Lord
Voldemort. Harry tells Dumbledore what happened with Voldemort, and although the Minister of Magic,
Cornelius Fudge, doesn’t believe Harry, Professor Dumbledore begins to take steps to mobilize against
Voldemort.
Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Author J.K. Rowling
Cover Artist Jason Cockcroft (UK),
Mary GrandPré (US)
Language English
Publisher Bloomsbury (UK),
Scholastic Press (US)

8. It's been another long, hot summer at the Dursleys' Released June 21, 2003
Media Type Hardback
for Harry Potter. Having spent most of it in an
Preceded by Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
adolescent "funk" of depression and bitterness over
Followed by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
the lack of informative letters from his friends about
Voldemort's return, he's suddenly jolted out of his
bad mood when two Dementors show up in the town of Little Whinging and attack Harry and his cousin,
Dudley. When Harry uses magic to drive them off, however, he quickly receives a succession of owls from the
Ministry, requiring him to attend a disciplinary hearing. His heart sinks when he reads that the question of
whether to expel him from Hogwarts will be decided at the hearing.
Harry is exonerated at the hearing but when Harry finally manages to make it back to school, he finds things
are different than when he left. Hagrid's missing, there are skeletal horses pulling the school carriages that only
he can see, and the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher is none other than toadlike, repulsive Dolores
Umbridge, a Ministry representative whom Harry is all too familiar with.
Even worse is the constant mutterings of the other students. Having spent all summer discrediting both Harry
and Dumbledore, the Ministry has succeeded in convincing everyone they're both crazy and that Voldemort's
return is nothing but a figment of their imagination.
With only Ron and Hermione standing by his side, Harry is hard-pressed to stay in a good mood and often
lashes out at the ones he is closest to. His defiant behavior lands him in detention for weeks at a time with
Professor Umbridge, who soon rises to the status of Hogwarts High Inquistor and revels in sacking teachers
and keeping the entire school under the control of her stubby, ugly-ringed fingers.
As the school year progresses Harry and Umbridge frequently lock horns, and she retaliates by taking away
everything he cares about: Quidditch, letters from Sirius, and visits with Hagrid. So Harry fights back the only
way he can, by forming a secret defense group, known as Dumbledore's Army, and teaching his friends how to
fight properly.
In spite of the frantic workload in preparing for their OWLs (tests that determine the student's future career
choices), the tyranny of Umbridge, and Harry's unbearable crush on Ravenclaw seeker, Cho Chang, Harry
keeps having tantalizing dreams of dark corridors and locked doors that are distracting at best. His scar
prickles constantly and he soon finds he's turned into a tiny antenna for Voldemort's mood swings, which
certainly doesn't help his own temper.
Things take a disastrous turn when Dolores Umbridge finds out about Harry's secret defense group. Harry is
filled with guilt when Dumbledore, claims credit for the group in order to protect Harry, and has to flee the
school to escape arrest.

9. This installment ends with an epic battle of good and evil, resulting in a devastating loss to Harry when his
godfather Sirius Black is killed, and the full revelation that his destiny lies intertwined with none other than
Voldemort himself. In the end, Dumbledore reveals the lost prophecy to Harry: either Harry will kill Lord
Voldemort or Voldemort will kill Harry.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts opens to find him
more mellow and grown up than ever. The death of
Sirius Black has left an indelible mark on him, and
he's more determined than ever to put an end to
Voldemort and his Death Eaters. He's happy to
escape the tyranny of the Dursley's early in the
summer when Dumbledore picks him up to attend
to a mysterious errand, which ends up in Harry's
persuading ex-professor, Horace Slughorn, to
come out of retirement to teach at Hogwarts again.
When the day finally arrives, Harry is as usual
overjoyed to be back at school. He's been made
Quidditch Team Captain. However, Harry and his
Author J. K. Rowling
friends are dismayed to find out that Professor Country United Kingdom
Severus Snape has finally achieved his burning Language English
desire to become Defense Against the Dark Arts Series Harry Potter
professor. Harry is excited to be taking private Genre(s) Fiction
lessons with Dumbledore this year, who is showing Publisher Bloomsbury
him all about Voldemort's past. Dumbledore hopes Released 16 July, 2005
that knowing as much as he can about Voldemort ISBN ISBN-0747581088
Preceded by Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
will help Harry in his final battle with the Dark Lord.
Followed by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
A mysterious book previously owned by the Half-
Blood Prince comes into Harry's hands early on during his Potions class and changes the course of his school
year by giving him a reputation for Potions brilliance that baffles everyone. Harry quickly grows to depend on
the information he gets from the Half-Blood Prince's book and uses some of his spells outside of class, much to
Hermione's displeasure.

10. Harry also keeps an increasingly close eye on Draco Malfoy. Convinced that Malfoy has replaced his father as
the head of the Death Eaters, Harry believes Malfoy is constructing a dark plot inside the school but can't for
the life of him figure out what it is. Between Ron and Hermione's skepticism, and Malfoy's disappearances from
the school grounds, Harry has his hands full trying to uncover what Malfoy's up to.
As the year speeds by, Harry and Ron are both amazed at their blossoming love lives. Harry especially falls
hard for someone he knows he shouldn't, his best friend Ron's sister, Ginny. His lessons with Dumbledore
continue sporadically, and he's excited to hear that he might be able to go with Dumbledore on a dangerous
mission to help destroy a horcrux that contains a part of Voldemort's soul.
Things reach a frantic pace when several things happen all at once. Harry and Dumbledore leave on their
mission, Malfoy's dark plot finally works and he is able to sneak in Death Eaters to attack the school, and a
fierce battle takes place between the students, members of the Order of the Phoenix, and the Death Eaters.
Having succeeded in their mission to recover the horcrux, Harry and Dumbledore return only to get trapped on
the Astronomy Tower where, to Harry's dismay, Professor Snape kills Dumbledore.
Dumbledore's death is a terrible blow to Harry, but it enables him to see clearly what his true mission is. He
resolves that he will not return to Hogwarts, but instead sets off to destroy the remaining fragments of
Voldemort's soul. He is bolstered by Ron and Hermione's insistence on going with him, and as soon as
Dumbledore's funeral is over, they agree to start their journey together.
Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Author J. K. Rowling
Country United Kingdom

11. Harry has finally come of age, and finally started on Language English
Series Harry Potter
his final journey to defeat Voldemort for good. The
Genre(s) Fiction
Dursely’s are forced to go into hiding so that
Publisher Bloomsbury
Voldemort’s Death Eaters will not torture them for
Released 21 July, 2007
information, and Harry sets off with Ron and
ISBN ISBN 0545010225
Hermione on a difficult quest to find and destroy
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the last of Voldemort’s Horcruxes. Only once those
have been destroyed, Harry knows, can Voldemort truly be killed.
It’s not easy. Harry is plagued with rumors of Dumbledore’s past, and begins to wonder if the Headmaster he
so long revered might have had a much darker past than he ever let on. The three are frequently without food,
and with winter coming their journey is no day at the beach. Because of their lack of plan, lack of food, and lack
of progress, their spirits are often low, and Ron especially becomes argumentative. One night he and Harry get
into an epic fight and Ron leaves to go back home.
Harry and Hermione are devastated that he’d abandoned them. They finally decide to revisit Godric’s Hollow in
search of clues, and once again they’re almost caught by Voldemort. Every step they make, it seems, he is
there anticipating them. They’ve almost died too many times to count, and their spirits sink even lower when
Harry discovers his wand was broken in the battle.
Ron redeems himself a few weeks later by coming back and saving Harry’s life in the nick of time. They
manage to destroy another Horcrux with Gryffindor’s sword, and they become excited again as they begin to
learn about a mysterious trio of magical objects called the Deathly Hallows. Whomever possesses the three
objects will be a master of death, and to Harry, it’s his one chance to beat Voldemort and live to tell the tale.
As his adventures and the danger he’s in increases, Harry begins to truly understand what Dumbledore
intended him to do. He realizes, almost at the last minute, that his own life will have to be sacrificed in order for
Voldemort to truly be vanquished. Filled with love for his friends, he willingly gives his life so that they may live.
His last act of heroism, however, saves his life. He meets Dumbledore again in death, and Dumbledore
answers many of his questions. He is given a choice to stay or to go back, and he chooses to go back and
fight.
It’s all over between Harry and Voldemort with just one spell. Harry is left alive, the true master of the Hallows,
and Voldemort is killed for good. He now understands more than he ever has about love (which he loves
Ginny), and life, and sacrifice, and in spite of the loss of many of his friends during the last battle, is grateful for
the second chance he’s been given at life, and love.

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Analysis of Major Characters
Harry Potter
Harry Potter is the fourteen-year-old protagonist and hero. He is famous within the wizard community for having
warded off a curse from Voldemort, the most powerful dark wizard. Although this event occurred when Harry was only
an infant, Harry managed to reverse the curse and take away Voldemort's power. Hary was left with a small
lightening-shaped scar as a remnant of the encounter. Because Harry lived through a curse that no other wizard
could survive, he is celebrated internationally. Harry does not remember these events, and because was orphaned by
Voldemort's attack, he lives with his aunt, uncle, and cousin. These relatives do not tolerate any mention of magic in
the house.
Because Harry was famous before he even knew he was a wizard, much of his personality is shaped by his desire to
live up to his fame. He steers clear of special treatment, flattery, and praise. He strives to live a normal wizard's life,
and to a great extent he does. He has close friendships, enemies, dilemmas, and triumphs just like any other
adolescent boy. But Harry is distinct because of his courage and loyalty. Although Harry risks his life to fight the
forces endangering Hogwarts, he always succeeds through a mix of skill and help from his friends. In this book, Harry
faces Voldemort for the first time since his infancy. Through a combination of his own quickness as well as assistance
from the ghosts of Voldemort's past victims, Harry emerges alive. Harry is not a typical or mythological hero. He is an
underdog, with his skinny stature, broken glasses, and relative inexperience in the wizard world. Yet he lives up to his
fame by bravely entering situations with the inborn faith that someone will get him through the situation alive.
Ron Weasley
Ron is one of Harry's best friends at Hogwarts, and has five older brothers and one younger sister. As a member of
such a large family, Ron is rarely the center of attention. Ron feels valued by Harry and doesn't seem to mind that
Harry gets more attention than he does on a regular basis, although he sometimes feels envious. At one point, after
Harry has been chosen as a Triwizard champion, Ron jealously refuses to speak with Harry for quite a long time.
Although Ron is usually notably loyal to his friends, he is frequently causing trouble, either because he is jealous of
Harry, or because he appears to have a hopeless crush on Hermione.
Ron's father is a highly-ranked member of the Ministry of Magic and his family is backed by generations of pure
wizard blood, but Ron is often picked on by Malfoy for wearing tattered robes, living in an old house, not having a rich
father. He is adventurous, like Harry, and somewhat mischievous but always with good intentions. Ron has a wry,
skeptical sense of humor; if Harry is the bold leader of their trio and Hermione the textbook brain, Ron often acts as
the fiery and sarcastic jester.
Hermione Granger
Hermione Granger is a quintessential brain, in the same way that while Harry represents courage and Ron represents
loyalty. Hermione was born to a Muggle family, but she is the top student in her class. These traits make one of
Malfoy's favorite targets. She pleases her teachers and follows rules. She values grades and genuinely loves to learn.
Although she disapproves of Ron and Harry's sometimes questionable behavior, she stands by them. Hermione is
good- natured and adventurous, and always helpful and brilliant. When in doubt, she turns to books, and usually she
knows how to find an answer. Hermione's research and training is essential in helping Harry prepare for and triumph
in his three Triwizard tasks.
Although her priorities lean heavily toward obsessive academic details, she is very self-confident and forthright,
pursuing without abandon the causes in which she believes, such as the liberation of house-elves. In this book, she

13. seems to have matured significantly, becoming a more loyal friend than ever before, especially when Ron and Harry
aren't speaking after the Goblet of Fire chose Harry as a champion. She becomes a subject of much contention when
Viktor Krum develops a crush on her, causing tension between her and Ron, who also seems to have a crush on her.
She handles it in a rather immature and belligerent manner. She is extremely clever and fair, and she provides a
great deal of support to Harry in this book.