Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

 
　　瑪姬姑姑又要來了！這個名字一出現在德思禮家，就代表著哈利為期一週的惡夢。小時候玩大風吹，她會用手杖猛敲哈利的腳，免得他贏過達力，有一年他不小心踩到了瑪姬養的牛頭犬，只能在樹上躲到三更半夜。瑪姬姑姑跟德思禮家所有人一樣，都以貶低他為樂，直到她侮辱了哈利的父母，被他用魔法變成大氣球……
 
　　在麻瓜的世界裡擅自使用魔法是重罪，哈利擔心自己一時的衝動，會害他永遠回不了霍格華茲，但對整個魔法世界來說，有遠比瑪姬姑姑更嚴重的事。天狼星．布萊克逃離了阿茲卡班監獄！十三年前，他只下了一個詛咒，就殺死了十三個人，如今這個佛地魔追隨者的頭號目標，正是——哈利波特！
 
　　好不容易回到霍格華茲，升上三年級的哈利卻發現，恐怖的「催狂魔」已經悄悄進駐校園。這是魔法部為了追捕天狼星所放出的邪惡生物，牠們喜愛腐敗和絕望，會將人們心中的一切的美好全都吸食殆盡。牠們的到來，讓原本就已危機四伏的校園生活，變得更加令人毛骨悚然。而就在此時，占卜學的崔老妮教授，竟在哈利的茶杯中看到了「死亡」的預兆……
 
　　----中文簡介擷取自中譯本《哈利波特(3)：阿茲卡班的逃犯》，皇冠出版

　　For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort.

　　Now he has escaped, leaving only two clues as to where he might be headed: Harry Potter's defeat of You-Know-Who was Black's downfall as well. And the Azkaban guards heard Black muttering in his sleep, "He's at Hogwarts . . . he's at Hogwarts."

　　Harry Potter isn't safe, not even within the walls of his magical school, surrounded by his friends. Because on top of it all, there may well be a traitor in their midst.

作者簡介

　　J. K. Rowling is the author of the beloved, bestselling, record-breaking Harry Potter series. She started writing the series during a delayed Manchester to London King’s Cross train journey, and during the next five years, outlined the plots for each book and began writing the first novel. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was published in the United States by Arthur A. Levine Books in 1998, and the series concluded nearly ten years later with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, published in 2007. J. K. Rowling is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees including an OBE for services to children’s literature, France’s Legion d’Honneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award. She supports a wide number of causes through her charitable trust Volant, and is the founder of Lumos, a charity working to transform the lives of disadvantaged children. J. K. Rowling lives in Edinburgh with her husband and three children.

　　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.