Harry Potter and the Chamber of Sec

* Sequel to the best-selling Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone * Philosopher's Stone a hit with both adults and children - sales have topped 225,000 * As for Philosopher's Stone a stunningly reworked jacket creates new market for adult readers * Author has already received huge press coverage in the national papers and on television * Film deal signed with Warner Brothers * Chamber of Secrets hbk children's edition No. 1 (for four weeks) in hardback bestseller lists - the first time since Booktrack started that a children's hardback has topped the general bestseller list. * There's magic, humour, goodies, baddies, muggles (what are they?) and broomsticks * It's a book about good versus evil, self discovery, friendship and a rollicking good tale into the bargain! Harry Potter is an ordinary boy who lives in a cupboard under the stairs at his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon's house, which he thinks is normal for someone like him whose parents have been killed in a 'car crash'. He is bullied by them and his fat, spoilt cousin Dudley, and lives a very unremarkable life with only the odd hiccup (like his hair growing back overnight!) to cause him much to think about. That is until an owl turns up with a letter addressed to Harry and all hell breaks loose! He is literally rescued by a world where nothing is as it seems and magic lessons are the order of the day. Read on to find out about Harry's second year as a wizard at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry - where Harry has to do battle with both seen and unseen assailants... The Author: This is J K Rowlings' second book and she has five more books planned for Harry's adventures at Hogwarts. She lives in Edinburgh.