Plot – 4.5/5. The Chamber of Secrets finds Harry, Hermione, Ron and friends back at Hogwarts for their second year. They’ve had the summer off after the heroic trio faced off against some magical trials, climaxing with Harry meeting Voldemort for the first time vicariously through their Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Quirrel. Before the release of Chamber of Secrets in November 2002, Harris' health took a turn for the worse. After being hospitalized with an illness, Harris was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. He remained upbeat and told Alfonso Cuarón, the director of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, not to recast his part, but the Dumbledore actor Summary Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets By J.K. Rowling 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' is the second book in J K Rowling's Harry Potter series. It follows Harry Potter and his friends Ron and Hermione and their adventures during their second year at Hogwarts. Harry and Ron load the car, and Ron starts the car. He presses the Invisibility Booster, making themselves and the car invisible, but as they start to rise over London, the Invisibility Booster sputters out and the car can be seen again. The basilisk (which for most of the novel is referred to simply as “the monster” because people do not know what it is) embodies two ideas: first, the harmful nature of prejudice, and second, the fear of the unknown. The basilisk, as Professor Binns explains to Hermione and the rest of the Gryffindors, is a monster imprisoned in the Chamber Hermione is a Muggle-born Gryffindor, [4] who becomes best friends with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. Rowling states that she was born on 19 September 1979 [2] and she was nearly twelve when she first attended Hogwarts. [5] She is an overachiever who excels academically and is described by Rowling as a "very logical, upright and good" character Chamber of secrets is underrated. I hate that everyone puts chamber of secrets as they’re least favorite Harry Potter book. I get no one dislikes the book or anything, usually people will just say (well one of them has to be last and this one’s boring) but it’s (unpopular opinion incoming) easily top 3 in the series, if not second best The Dursleys imprison Harry in his room for three days. Harry’s friend Ron Weasley and his brothers Fred and George then rescue Harry using a flying car belonging to their father, Mr. Weasley. They take Harry and his luggage back to their home, the Burrow, where Harry spends the rest of the summer in bliss. 34hD4.