Critical Reception
Critical response was generally positive. Publishers Weekly, complimented the book on its "Agile prose, rapid-fire dialogue and wise-acre humour." Entertainment Weekly rated the book A-, saying that "The kid's still got it...Harry better watch his back", and that the characters were "still silly and saucy". Disney Family Entertainment rated it three stars out of five and remarked that it was not "great literature", but it was well-written and would be an entertaining summer reading book.
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