Harry Potter and the Chamber Secrets

In one of the most hotly anticipated sequels in memory, J.K. Rowling takes up where she left with Harry's second year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Old friends and new torments abound, including a spirit named Moaning Myrtle who haunts the girl's bathroom, an outrageously conceited professor, Gilderoy Lockheart, and a mysterious force that turns Hogwarts students to stone.

　　《哈利·波特与密室》讲述了哈利·波特在霍格袄茨魔法学校学习一年之后，暑假开始了。他在姨夫姨妈家熬过痛苦的假期。正当他准备打点行装去学校时，小精灵多比前来发出警告：如果哈利返回霍格袄茨，灾难将会临头。
　　但哈利义无返顾地回到了霍格袄茨，新来的吉罗德?洛哈特教授装腔作势，让他作呕；游荡在女生与洗市里的幽灵“哭泣的桃金娘”搅得他不得安宁；低年级的小女生金妮对他投来关切目光常令他尴尬不已；小男生科林?克里维“追星”式的跟踪又经常使他落荒而逃。
　　但是，这一切不仅仅是灾难的序曲。正如多比所预言的，哈利遭受了重重磨难，经历了种种危险，难解之迷又使他熬费苦心：霍格袄茨的学生接而连三地变成了石头。这一切是品德败坏的学生德拉科·马尔福精心策划的杰作？还是忠厚善良的海格无心铸成的大错？或者另有人将在霍格袄茨制造更大的阴谋？这一切又是否与传说中的密室有关？哈利决心揭开谜底……

JK Rowling lives with her family in Edinburgh. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was her first novel, followed by Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, as well as two books written specifically for Comic Relief and based on the Harry Potter novels, Fantastic Beasts and where to Find Them and Quidditch through the Ages. The Harry Potter novels have been prize-winning and consistently on the bestseller lists, and have now sold over 190 million copies worldwide. Originally published as an author for children and still primarily so, JK Rowling has generated huge popular appeal for her books in an unprecedented fashion. JK Rowling was the first children's author to be voted the BA Author of the Year, and also to win the British Book Awards Author of the Year. Films of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, distributed by Warner Brothers, have been released to huge success.

　　J· K. 罗琳（1966- ），英国女作家。罗琳自小喜欢写作和讲故事。24岁那年，她在前往伦敦的火车旅途中萌发了创作“哈利·波特”系列小说的念头。七年后，《哈利·波特与魔法石》（1997）问世，随即她以几乎每年一本的速度创作了《哈利·波特与密室》（1998）、《哈利·波特与阿兹卡班的囚徒》（1999）、《哈利·波特与火焰杯》（2003）。“哈利·波特”飓风席卷了全球。2005年7月，她的第六部作品《哈利·波特与“混血王子”》在全世界“哈利·波特”迷的翘首期盼中问世，再次在全世界掀起“哈利·波特”狂潮。截止今年7月，其作品已被翻译成近70多种语言，在全世界200多个国家和地区累计销售达3亿多册。