Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter Series #3)

ISBN-13: 9780439136358 Publisher: Scholastic, Inc. Publication date: 10/01/1999 Series: Harry Potter Pages: 448 Sales rank: 8,038 Product dimensions: 6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.50(d) Lexile: 880L (what's this?) Age Range: 9 - 12 Years For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort.Now he has escaped, leaving only two clues as to where he might be headed: Harry Potter's defeat of You-Know-Who was Black's downfall as well. And the Azkaban guards heard Black muttering in his sleep, "He's at Hogwarts . . . he's at Hogwarts."Harry Potter isn't safe, not even within the walls of his magical school, surrounded by his friends. Because on top of it all, there may well be a traitor in their midst.