<u>Summary for the book "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets":</u>
Written by J.K.Rowling, ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’ is a story that is high on adventures at Hogwarts.
It is the summer vacation and Harry is spending time with the Dursleys, his only family. Dobby, the elf, visits him during a party and warns him not to return to Hogwarts, his school of magic.
Harry refuses to give in following which Dobby creates a mess in the kitchen and as a punishment harry is imprisoned in his room. He is rescued by Ron Weasley in his flying car and he spends the rest of the holidays at his house. As they prepare to return to Hogwarts, they are unable to find the invisible railway track to catch the train to Hogwarts so they fly to Hogwarts in their flying car. As a result, they are detained.
Mystery and suspense engulf Hogwarts as the caretaker’s cat is petrified by someone who also is behind a terrifying message that threatens. Hermione, Ron, and Harry come to know that there is a chamber in Hogwarts that opened fifty years ago killing a student.
During the Quidditch match, Harry is hurt by an enchanted ball on purpose by Dobby to send Harry back home. A first-year student is found in a petrified condition. In a meeting of the dueling club, Harry shocks all by talking in a snake’s language to a snake. It is unusual as he is not a Slytherin.
The suspicion of the next two incidents falls upon Harry. Harry and his two friends decide to find the culprit. They prepare a magical potion ‘Polyjuice’ and meet Malfoy to know the secret behind the secret Chamber. Nothing helps much.
Harry finds a diary in the broken toilet belonging to Moaning Myrtle, a girl ghost. Harry writes in the diary and the diary magically responds. He meets Tom Riddle who had once accused Hagrid of opening the chamber of secrets. Hermoine is also petrified and the other two meet Hagrid.
After their adventure in the forbidden forest with the giant spiders and their discovery that Moaning Myrtle was killed by the Monster, from a piece of paper in Hermoine’s hand they come to the conclusion that the chamber is a basilisk. Ginny Weasley is taken to the Chamber of secrets. The passage is discovered by harry and Ron with Lockhart. Harry enters the chamber and finds that Tom Riddle is the young Voldemort. Harry calls Dumbledore for help. A hat arrives producing a sword. He kills the snake with the sword and uses the basilisk fang to puncture the diary killing Tom. Dobby is freed by Harry. Everythig gets normal at Hogwarts.
