J.K. Rowling

Harry returns for his fifth year at Hogwarts frustrated, isolated, and haunted by disturbing dreams of a locked door deep inside the Ministry of Magic. While the wizarding world refuses to believe that Voldemort has returned, a corrupt Ministry of Magic sends the sinister Dolores Umbridge to Hogwarts to spy and take control, turning the school into something closer to a prison than a place of learning. Shut out by Dumbledore and dismissed as a liar by those in power, Harry and his friends take matters into their own hands, forming a secret student group called Dumbledore’s Army to prepare for the war they know is coming. The darkest year yet, it ends with devastating loss and a chilling prophecy that changes everything.