Once in the Department of Mysteries, they fail to find him, instead finding a glass sphere bearing Harry's and Voldemort's names. Luna, Ron, Ginny, and Neville join them, and they fly to the Ministry on Thestrals, to rescue Sirius. Umbridge provokes them, and they take her captive. Harry and Hermione lead her into the centaurs' territory. Hermione intervenes, convincing Umbridge that Dumbledore's secret weapon is in the Forbidden Forest. Umbridge reveals she ordered the Dementor attack on Harry, and decides to interrogate him with the Cruciatus Curse. Harry covertly warns Snape of Sirius, which Snape claims to not understand. Umbridge catches Harry and wants Snape to question Harry with Veritaserum, which he claims he has run out of. Kreacher, Sirius' house elf, claims he is gone. Harry uses the floo network in Umbridge's fireplace to contact Grimmauld Place. Harry makes no further effort to protect his mind, and during exams, Harry has a vision of Sirius being tortured by Voldemort in the Department of Mysteries. Snape catches Harry and ends the lessons in a fit of rage. In it, Harry views Snape's memory of his father, James Potter, and Sirius Black bullying and humiliating Snape in school. During one session, Snape is called away, leaving Harry alone with the Pensieve. Umbridge becomes headmistress, though she is unable to access Dumbledore's old office. Umbridge is eventually tipped-off about Dumbledore's Army to prevent Harry's expulsion, Dumbledore takes responsibility for the group, then goes into hiding. Dumbledore arranges for Professor Snape, another Order member, to teach Harry Occlumency to protect his mind against Voldemort's invasions. Harry informs Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore, and Arthur is rescued. One night, Harry has a vision of Voldemort's snake Nagini viciously attacking Arthur Weasley. Umbridge, empowered by the Ministry to interfere in Hogwarts as the new High Inquisitor, bans unapproved clubs, forcing the group, now called Dumbledore's Army, to secretly meet in the Room of Requirement to practice under Harry's instruction.
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When she refuses to teach students how to perform defensive magic, Harry, Ron, and Hermione form their own Defence group with other students. She disputes Voldemort's return, and clashes with Harry, punishing him by having him writes lines with a quill that magically carves "I must not tell lies" into the back of his hand. At the hearing, Dumbledore defends Harry, who is cleared of all charges.Īt Hogwarts, Dolores Umbridge, a senior Ministry employee, becomes the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. The Ministry, led by Cornelius Fudge, refuses to accept Voldemort's return, and are running a smear campaign against Harry and Dumbledore. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny Weasley and Fred and George Weasley learn that Voldemort is seeking something he lacked prior to his defeat. Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger explain that the Order is a secret organisation led by Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore, dedicated to fighting Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters. A group of wizards belonging to the Order of the Phoenix whisk Harry off to Number 12, Grimmauld Place, Sirius Black's childhood home. Forced to magically fend them off, Harry is expelled from Hogwarts, but his expulsion is postponed pending a hearing at the Ministry of Magic. The book was also made into a 2007 film, and a video game by Electronic Arts.ĭuring the summer, Harry Potter and his cousin Dudley are attacked by Dementors. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix won several awards, including the American Library Association Best Book Award for Young Adults in 2003. It sold five million copies in the first 24 hours of publication. The novel was published on 21 June 2003 by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom, Scholastic in the United States, and Raincoast in Canada.
exams, and an obstructive Ministry of Magic. It follows Harry Potter's struggles through his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, including the surreptitious return of the antagonist Lord Voldemort, O.W.L. Rowling and the fifth novel in the Harry Potter series. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a fantasy novel written by British author J.