Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)

by J.K. Rowling

In fact, he was so angry at them that he had thrown both their birthday presents of Honeydukes chocolates away unopened, though he had regretted this after eating the wilting salad Aunt Petunia had provided for dinner that night.

Aunt Petunia said nothing. Dudley was staring stupidly at his mother, his mouth hanging open. The silence spiraled horribly. Harry was watching his aunt, utterly bewildered, his head throbbing fit to burst.

I’ve just been attacked by dementors and I might be expelled from Hogwarts. I want to know what’s going on and when I’m going to get out of here.

The headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix may be found at number twelve, Grimmauld Place, London.

He pointed to another small round burn mark between two names, Bellatrix and Narcissa.

Bellatrix Black, which was connected by a double line to Rodolphus Lestrange.

Sometimes, however, the visitors stayed to help; Tonks joined them for a memorable afternoon in which they found a murderous old ghoul lurking in an upstairs toilet, and Lupin, who was staying in the house with Sirius but who left it for long periods to do mysterious work for the Order, helped them repair a grandfather clock that had developed the unpleasant habit of shooting heavy bolts at passersby.

Harry was managing to have fun for the first time all summer.

“Here’s another one you’ve convinced, Harry!” said Hermione excitedly. “‘Having read your side of the story I am forced to the conclusion that the Daily Prophet has treated you very unfairly. . . . Little though I want to think that He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named has returned, I am forced to accept that you are telling the truth . . .’ Oh this is wonderful!”

“You know, Minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on many counts . . . but you cannot deny he’s got style . . .”

that judging from what he had just seen, his father had been every bit as arrogant as Snape had always told him.

“Like the fact that the person Sirius cared most about in the world was you,” said Dumbledore quietly.