Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban information
1999 fantasy novel by J. K. Rowling
"Prisoner of Azkaban" redirects here. For the film adaptation, see Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film). For other uses, see Prisoner of Azkaban (disambiguation).
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Cover art of the first UK edition
Author
J. K. Rowling
Illustrator
Cliff Wright (first edition)
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Series
Harry Potter
Release number
3rd in series
Genre
Fantasy
Publisher
Bloomsbury (UK)
Publication date
8 July 1999
Pages
317 (first edition)
ISBN
0-7475-4215-5
Preceded by
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Followed by
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and is the third in the Harry Potter series. The book follows Harry Potter, a young wizard, in his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Along with friends Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger, Harry investigates Sirius Black, an escaped prisoner from Azkaban, the wizard prison, believed to be one of Lord Voldemort's old allies.
The book was published in the United Kingdom on 8 July 1999 by Bloomsbury and in the United States on 8 September 1999 by Scholastic, Inc.[1][2][3][4] Rowling found the book easy to write, finishing it just a year after she began writing it. The book sold 68,000 copies in just three days after its release in the United Kingdom and since has sold over three million in the country.[5] The book won the 1999 Whitbread Children's Book Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the 2000 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel and was short-listed for other awards, including the Hugo.
The film adaptation of the novel was released in 2004, grossing more than $796 million and earning critical acclaim. Video games loosely based on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban were also released for several platforms, and most obtained favourable reviews.
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^"Review: Another harrowing adventure for Harry". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
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