![]() ![]() Another adult is brutally attacked by a snake and almost dies. As in Book 4, a major character dies at the end, but this time it's an adult and he's heavily mourned. 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 Order of the Phoenix is the fifth book in J.K. Some negative language regarding the body type of Dudley and his father and Malfoy's Slytherin friends Crabbe and Goyle. Women have prominent roles at Hogwarts: Professor McGonagall and Professor Sprout are both heads of houses, Professor Umbridge works high up in the Ministry of Magic, plus there are plenty of girls on the Quidditch house teams. Ron's insecurity over being from a poorer family comes up a lot. Some diverse family structures are described: Harry lives with his aunt and uncle and Neville with his grandmother. Many characters face discrimination in the wizarding world, especially for not being "pure-blood," or in Hagrid's case, for being part giant. Harry dates Cho Chang and the Patil twins are both in Dumbledore's Army. Kingsley Shacklebolt in the Order of the Phoenix is also Black. Lee Jordan is described as having dreadlocks and Angelina Johnson, now Gryffindor Quidditch Captain, is Black. Adults in the Order of the Phoenix look out for Harry and friends, though the usually reliable Dumbledore is pretty absent from Harry's life in this book until the end. ![]() Neville also shows the first signs of the hero he will become with his fierce determination to learn and his bravery when faced with the enemy. Ron learns his own lessons in this book about not getting rattled and building confidence in himself on the Quidditch pitch. He also takes the opportunity when it arises to tell the truth to anyone who would listen. ![]() He becomes a leader and a teacher in this group of students and is proud of his pupils. He begins the book in trouble all the time for his temper and slowly learns how to channel that anger into something positive: training his fellow students how to fight the dark arts. Harry is really angry in this book, at his cruel aunt and uncle, and then at the Ministry of Magic and Professor Umbridge, for calling him a liar and lying to the public about Voldemort's return. ![]()
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