![]() ![]() ![]() There are the usual positive messages from the series about bravery and sacrifice and the power of love. ![]() ![]() In one, Hermione tells Hagrid he's had enough and takes away his drink. Expect a few scenes of drinking by adults, some to excess. Magical animals attack and cause injuries, a large dog fights a werewolf, and humans get broken limbs and are knocked out. Dementors can also suck souls out of bodies and they almost do once. When Harry encounters them, he relives a buried memory of when his mother screams and is killed by Voldemort with a curse. The scariest parts are involving dementors. Younger kids may not keep up with what's going on and will therefore not be set up well to understand the rest of the series. Professor Lupin and Sirius Black have a number of complicated secrets that come to light near the end, and there's a major betrayal that figures in as well. Not only does Prisoner of Azkaban introduce the dreaded dementors - the black hooded, floating, eyeless and decayed-looking guards that suck happiness out of people - but the overall plotting is much more complex. The series gets more layered and scarier from here on. Rowling's Harry Potter series about an orphan boy at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Parents need to know that Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third book in J.K. ![]()
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