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

by J.K. Rowling

The witch’s eyes moved from Scabbers’s tattered left ear to his front paw, which had a toe missing,

They’ve got a new Captain and Seeker, Cedric Diggory —”

werewolves,” said Snape.

Quite the double act, Sirius Black and James Potter!”

Peter Pettigrew (who resembled Neville Longbottom)

he was sure Ron would be very miserable if Scabbers died.

then came a new voice, a man’s voice,

“You heard James?” said Lupin in a strange voice.

“We were friends at Hogwarts.

these were the only times Harry had heard their voices since he was a very small child. But he’d never be able to produce a proper Patronus if he half wanted to hear his parents again. . . .

It’s Cho Chang.

He especially disliked James. Jealous, I think, of James’s talent on the Quidditch field

You fly as well as your father did, Harry. . . .” He looked at Harry, who did not look away.

“Believe me,” croaked Black. “Believe me, Harry. I never betrayed James and Lily. I would have died before I betrayed them.” And at long last, Harry believed him. Throat too tight to speak, he nodded.

I’m going to live with my godfather. I’m leaving the Dursleys. He forced himself to think of Sirius, and only Sirius,

His mother was screaming in his ears. . . . She was going to be the last thing he ever heard —

someone who looked strangely familiar . . . but it couldn’t be . . .

“Where are you? Dad, come on —”

But no one came.

“Prongs,” he whispered.

but you do look extraordinarily like James. Except for the eyes . . . you have your mother’s eyes.”

Prongs rode again last night.”

“It’s the Quidditch World Cup this summer!

Please consider it as thirteen birthdays’ worth of presents from your godfather.

I had only hoped to get a glimpse of you before starting my journey north,

I, Sirius Black, Harry Potter’s godfather, hereby give him permission to visit Hogsmeade on weekends.