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

by J.K. Rowling

Extremely unusual though he was, at that moment Harry Potter felt just like everyone else: glad, for the first time in his life, that it was his birthday.

He knew he was being stupid, knew that the Nimbus was beyond repair, but Harry couldn’t help it; he felt as though he’d lost one of his best friends.

But nothing anyone said or did could make Harry feel any better, because they only knew half of what was troubling him.