Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

 
　　這個夏天結束前，哈利本來應該能夠順利重返霍格華茲。但人算不如天算，家庭小精靈多比突然造訪，警告他若是回到學校，將面臨生命危險！為了讓哈利徹底「斷念」，多比不但攔截了所有朋友們寄來的信，還用魔法陷害他，害他慘遭禁足。
 
　　但哈利始終很清楚，自己渴望回到霍格華茲。他想念那座藏著秘密通道和幽靈的城堡，想念他的魔法課程、由貓頭鷹送達的郵件，以及馳騁天際的魁地奇。彷彿聽到了他內心的呼喚，好友榮恩駕著飛天車，硬是把他從姨丈家給救了出來。
 
　　升上二年級的哈利，因為擊退佛地魔的英勇事蹟，成為全校的風雲人物，嚮往已久的校園生活，似乎有了極佳的開端。但危機卻也在此時悄然而至，先是無人的走廊出現了詭異的耳語聲，接著竟發生一連串襲擊事件。
 
　　管理員飛七的貓、崇拜哈利的一年級學弟……遭到「石化」的被害者陸續增加。難道，多比的警告成真了嗎？犯罪現場留下的不祥訊息「密室」又代表著什麼意義？一個埋藏了五十年的可怕秘密，正一步步引領哈利走向險境……
 
　　----中文簡介擷取自中譯本《哈利波特(2)：消失的密室》，皇冠出版

　　The Dursleys were so mean that hideous that summer that all Harry Potter wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he's packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature named Dobby who says that if Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike.

　　And strike it does. For in Harry's second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor, Gilderoy Lockheart, a spirit named Moaning Myrtle who haunts the girls' bathroom, and the unwanted attentions of Ron Weasley's younger sister, Ginny.

　　But each of these seem minor annoyances when the real trouble begins, and someone--or something--starts turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects...Harry Potter himself?

作者簡介

J.K.羅琳 J.K. Rowling

　　《哈利波特》系列的作者，七集小說陸續在一九九七至二○○七年間出版，在全球創下四億五千萬部的暢銷紀錄，並被翻譯成七十四種語言，在超過兩百個國家出版，也被改編拍成八部電影，二○一六年推出的第八個故事則是以原創劇本形式發表的《哈利波特：被詛咒的孩子》。

　　J. K.羅琳曾榮獲眾多獎項，包含表揚她對兒童文學貢獻的大英帝國勳章、西班牙的國際阿斯圖里亞斯王子和平獎、法國的榮譽軍團勳章以及國際安徒生大獎。她以個人名義創辦的慈善信託基金「Volant」支援許多慈善行動，而她擔任創辦人的「Lumos」亦致力於改變弱勢兒童的生活。

　　另著有《臨時空缺》，以及以「羅勃‧蓋布瑞斯」為化名所撰寫的「私探史崔克」犯罪小說系列。

　　她也首度擔任電影《怪獸與他們的產地》的編劇，這部羅琳魔法世界的延伸作品已於二○一六年十一月上映。

　　J.K. Rowling is the author of the bestselling Harry Potter series of seven books, which have sold over 450 million copies, been translated into 79 languages, and made into eight blockbuster films. She has written three companion volumes in aid of charity: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (in aid of Comic Relief), and The Tales of Beedle the Bard (in aid of Lumos), as well as a screenplay inspired by Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. J.K. Rowling has also collaborated on a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts Parts One and Two, which opens in London’s West End in the summer of 2016. In 2012, J.K. Rowling’s digital company Pottermore was launched, where fans can enjoy her new writing and immerse themselves deeper in the wizarding world. J.K. Rowling has written a novel for adult readers, The Casual Vacancy, and also writes crime novels under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.

　　Kazu Kibuishi is the creator of the "New York Times" bestselling "Amulet "series and "Copper," a collection of his popular webcomic. He is also the founder and editor of the acclaimed Flight anthologies. "Daisy Kutter: The Last Train," his first graphic novel, was listed as one of the Best Books for Young Adults by YALSA, and "Amulet, Book One: The Stonekeeper" was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and a Children's Choice Book Award finalist. Kazu lives and works in Alhambra, California, with his wife and fellow comics artist, Amy Kim Kibuishi, and their two children. Visit Kazu online at www.boltcity.com.

　　Mary GrandPre has illustrated more than twenty beautiful books for children, including the American editions of the Harry Potter novels. Her work has also appeared in the "New Yorker," the "Atlantic Monthly," and the "Wall Street Journal," and her paintings and pastels have been shown in galleries across the United States. Ms. GrandPre lives in Sarasota, Florida, with her family."