Who Is The Prisoner Of Azkaban

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Harry potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third addition to the Harry Potter series.
This book is about the struggle Harry Potter must face with a new enemy after him named Sirius Black. Everybody warns Harry to watch his surroundings for Sirius Black and told to not go looking for this escaped prisoner of Azkaban. Harry does not understand why everybody thinks he will go looking for someone that is trying to kill him, but he finds out the truth. At the beginning of each Harry Potter book, it shows Harry in a miserable situation while living with his muggle side of his family named the Dursleys, and then explains his method of escape from the world of these particular Muggles. Compared to the

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