eBook Update - May 5, 2012
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Saturday, May 5, 2012 eBook Update provides monthly themed lists of titles available through Overdrive. Thanks to Pottermore and J.K. Rowling, all seven of the Harry Potter ebooks have been added to the Overdrive collection. And don't forget the audio versions, also available, narrated by the wonderful Jim Dale! View more eBook Update: Blog View | Archived Newsletter View | Insider Questions? Email madtech @ scls.lib.wi.us |
 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets In Book 2, Harry returns to Hogwarts for his second year. Worries accumulate: the outrageously stuck-up new professor Gilderoy Lockhart; a ghost named Moaning Myrtle, who haunts the girls' bathroom; the strange behavior of Ron's little sister, Ginny Weasley; rumors about the "Chamber of Secrets," a cavern buried deep below Hogwarts; and a magical diary owned by Tom Riddle, a Hogwarts student of long ago. |
 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final book in the epic tale of Harry Potter, Harry and Lord Voldemort each prepare for their ultimate encounter. Voldemort takes control of the Ministry of Magic, installs Severus Snape as headmaster at Hogwarts, and sends his Death Eaters across the country to wreak havoc and find Harry. |
 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry is midway through both his training as a wizard and his coming of age. He wants to get away from the malicious Dursleys and go to the Quidditch World Cup with Hermione, Ron, and the Weasleys. He wants to dream about his crush, Cho Chang (and maybe do more than dream). And now that he's gotten the hang of things at Hogwarts—he hopes—he just wants to be a normal fourteen-year-old wizard. But even by his standards, Harry's year is anything but normal. |
 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince When Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince opens, the war against Voldemort has begun. The Wizarding world has split down the middle, and as the casualties mount, the effects even spill over onto the Muggles. Dumbledore is away from Hogwarts for long periods, and the Order of the Phoenix has suffered grievous losses. And yet, as in all wars, life goes on. |
 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix In response to his reappearance, Dumbledore reactivates the Order of the Phoenix, a secret society which works to defeat the Dark Lord's minions and protect his targets—especially Harry Potter. But Harry doesn't want to be protected. Even as the Ministry of Magic denies his claims, The Daily Prophet discredits him, and even Dumbledore won't look him in the eye, Harry grows more and more determined to fight his lifelong enemy Voldemort—if only he had the "weapon" the Order is guarding. |
 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 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, and might even have assisted in the deaths of James and Lily Potter—Harry Potter's parents. Now Black 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.E02542E0-7769-41FB-8CA3-C8262175C8AE |
 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Harry, an orphan living with the horrible Dursley, discovers his heritage via a message from an owl and is taken to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where the headmaster is the great wizard Albus Dumbledore. |
