This book follows Harry’s fourth year at Hogwarts.

It starts with Harry being invited to stay with the Weasleys and attend the Quidditch World Cup. After a day and a night spent enjoying the sights and sounds, and the thrill of the actual match, their fun turns to horror. A number of wizards bring chaos and anarchy to the quiet night, and it culminates in the appearance of the sign of Lord Voldemort.

Meanwhile, Hogwarts will be playing host to the Triwizard Cup. A dangerous tournament in which one student from each of three schools competes for the honour of their school and to win the TriWizard Cup along with one thousand Galleons. Despite everyone’s best efforts to minimise the danger of the tournament (as competitors have died in previous rounds), it is still a fraught-filled challenge. Also, despite changes to the rules only allowing those students over the age of seventeen to enter, somehow fourteen-year-old Harry Potter is entered.

The plot builds around how Harry was entered into the TriWizard Cup, who entered him, and for what possible reasons. Facing wizards with three years more experience than him, he is forced to compete in three very dangerous magical events.

Perhaps with a great degree of foresight, Professor Dumbledore hires a new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. He is a former Auror (Dark wizard catcher), who has his own radical ideas and is not afraid of bending a few rules to teach his students. There are those who are in awe of the new teacher and there are those in whom his very name instils fear.

The story appeals to all age groups, but this does have the feel that the book is aimed more so at older teenagers than the earlier Harry Potter books. As Harry grows up, it seems that the plotlines are growing up with him.

Rita Skeeter, who is a reporter for the Daily Prophet. She is the stereotypical tabloid journalist, who only cares about getting her story, and she doesn’t care who she has to hurt to do it. She is disliked by everyone for varying reasons, but she provides a great presence throughout the book.

Make a start on the fifth book

As though I had actually read a book that was part of a series. For the first time not all of the ends have been tied up by the finish of the book. The previous books were pretty much self-contained novellas where the main plotlines had all been played out to some kind of conclusion by the end of the book.

J K Rowling OBE. She was born in Yate, Gloucestershire, England in 1965. She graduated from University of Exeter in 1986 with a BA in French and Classics.

Harry Potter has become the best-selling book series in history, and the films have become the highest-grossing film series ever.

From her initial concept of Harry Potter in 1990, until the publication of Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone in 1997, JK had survived on state benefits. She is now the UK’s best-selling living author with sales in excess of £238 million. In 2008, she was the twelfth richest woman in the UK.

If you're already a Harry Potter fan you won't be disappointed, and if you're not, reading it might very well make you one.

A big bonus for all those who wondered for three books - JK Rowling finally teaches the younger generation how to pronounce Hermione.

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