Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the second novel in the Harry Potter series written by JK Rowling. The plot follows Harry’s second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, during which a series of messages on the walls of the corridors of the school warn that the “Chamber of Secrets has been opened and that the” heir of Slytherin ” kill all the students who are not from families of all magic. These threats were followed by attacks that leave residents of the school “petrified” (ie, frozen). Throughout the year, Harry and his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger investigate the attacks, and Harry faces Voldemort, who is trying to regain full power.

The book was published in the UK on July 2nd 1998 by Bloomsbury and in the United States on June 2, 1999 by Scholastic Inc. Although Rowling found it difficult to finish the book, which won high praise and awards from critics, young readers and the publishing industry, although some critics thought the story was a little too frightening for younger children. Some religious leaders have condemned the use of magical items, while others have praised his emphasis on self-sacrifice and the way the character of a person is the outcome of the election of the person.

Several commentators have argued that personal identity is an important element in the book, which addresses issues of racism through the treatment of non-magical characters, not humans and non-living. Some commentators regard the newspaper as a warning against the uncritical acceptance of information from sources whose motives and reliability can not be verified. institutional authority is portrayed as selfish and incompetent.

The film version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, published in 2002, became the third film more than $ 600 million in international ticket sales and received generally favorable reviews. However, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers won the Saturn Award for best film Fantasia. The game loosely based on Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets were also released for various platforms, most earned favorable reviews.