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| name = <font color="#ac4d2f">Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix</font>
| Author = [[J.K. Rowling]]
| author = [[J. K. Rowling]]
| country = United Kingdom
| Illustrator = Jason Cockcroft ([[United Kingdom|UK]]),<br>[[Mary GrandPré]] ([[United States|U.S.]])
| language = English
| Genre = [[Fantasy]], [[Thriller (genre)|Thriller ]]
| illustrator = Jason Cockcroft (first edition)
| Publisher = [[Bloomsbury Publishing Plc|Bloomsbury]] (UK),<br>[[Scholastic Press|Scholastic]] (U.S.)
| series = ''[[Harry Potter]]''
| Release date = [[June 21]], [[2003]]
| release_number = {{ordinal|5}} in series
| Number in series = Five
| genre = [[Fantasy novel|Fantasy]]
| Sales = ~55 million (Worldwide)
| publisher = [[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]] (UK)
| Dedicated to = "Neil, Jessica and David, who make my world magical"
| pub_date = 21 June 2003
| Story timeline = [[Chronology of the Harry Potter stories|1976, 1995-1996]]
| Preceded by = ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''
| pages = 766 (first edition)
| isbn = 0-7475-5100-6
| Followed by = ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''
| preceded_by = [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]
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| followed_by = [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]
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'''''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''''' is a [[fantasy novel]] written by British author [[J. K. Rowling]] and the fifth novel in the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series. It follows [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter's]] struggles through his fifth year at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], including the surreptitious return of the antagonist [[Lord Voldemort]], [[Hogwarts#Subjects and teachers|O.W.L.]] exams, and an obstructive [[Ministry of Magic]]. The novel was published on 21 June 2003 by [[Bloomsbury Publishing PLC|Bloomsbury]] in the United Kingdom, [[Scholastic Press|Scholastic]] in the United States, and [[Raincoast Books|Raincoast]] in Canada. It sold five million copies in the first 24 hours of publication.<ref name="July date"/>


'''''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''''' is the fifth novel in a series of seven books by [[J.K. Rowling]]'s popular ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series. It is also the longest book of them all, and was released on [[June 21]], [[2003]].
''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' won several awards, including the [[American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults|American Library Association Best Book Award for Young Adults]] in 2003. The book was also made into a 2007 [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|film]], and a [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)|video game]] by [[Electronic Arts]].


==Plot==
==Plot==
During the summer, [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]] is frustrated by his friends' non-communication and with [[Dumbledore]] barring him from helping combat a newly-resurgent [[Lord Voldemort]]. One evening, [[Dementors]] attack him and cousin [[Dudley Dursley|Dudley]], but Harry fends them off using the [[Patronus Charm]]. Later, [[Order of the Phoenix (fictional organisation)|Order of the Phoenix]] members arrive at the Dursley house to evacuate Harry. They whisk him off to [[Number 12, Grimmauld Place]], [[Sirius Black]]'s family home, which is now the Order's headquarters. [[Ron Weasley|Ron]] and [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]] are there and tell Harry that the Order is a secret organisation that Dumbledore created to fight Voldemort and the [[Death Eaters]]. Harry wants to join, but is too young.


The [[Ministry of Magic]], under [[Cornelius Fudge]], attempt to malign Harry for stating that Voldemort has returned. Harry is also charged with performing underage magic while with a [[Muggle]], but is exonerated and returns to [[Hogwarts]]. [[Dolores Umbridge]], a senior Ministry employee, is the new [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] teacher. She initiates strict rules and a textbook-only curriculum and forbids the students from practicing defensive spells. Harry, Ron, and Hermione form a secret student Defense group called [[Dumbledore's Army]]. The group secretly meets in the [[Room of Requirement]] to practice under Harry's instruction.
Harry Potter is spending an agitating summer in Privet Drive: not only is he bracing himself for the catastrophe that is certain to accompany Voldemort's return, but he has had little contact from the wizarding world. When [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry]] and his cousin [[Dursley family#Dudley Dursley|Dudley]] are attacked by [[Dementor]]s in [[Little Whinging]], Harry repels them with a [[Patronus Charm]]. An owl letter soon arrives stating Harry has been expelled from [[Hogwarts]] for performing magic outside school. Several more letters arrive in quick succession: [[Arthur Weasley]] and [[Sirius Black]] instruct Harry to remain in the house, while another overturns his expulsion and orders him to appear at a hearing at the [[Ministry of Magic]].


One night, Harry dreams that [[Arthur Weasley]] is attacked by Voldemort's snake, [[Nagini (Harry Potter)|Nagini]]. His vision is true, and Arthur is found seriously injured at the Ministry. Dumbledore realises that Harry's and Voldemort's minds are connected, and he orders [[Professor Snape]] to teach Harry [[Occlumency]], a skill to close one's mind against others. Umbridge is tipped-off about Dumbledore's Army; to prevent Harry's expulsion, Dumbledore claims responsibility for forming the group. To avoid arrest, he goes into hiding. Umbridge is appointed headmistress, though she is magically barred from entering Dumbledore's tower, and begins enacting strict rules and regulations.
[[Order of the Phoenix (organization)|Order of the Phoenix]] members arrive to escort Harry to their secret headquarters at the Black family home, [[Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place|12 Grimmauld Place]] in [[London]]. The [[Weasley family|Weasleys]], [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]], and Harry’s godfather, [[Sirius Black]], are there. Harry learns that [[Voldemort]] is building an army and is attempting to retrieve a "weapon". [[Arthur Weasley]] escorts Harry to his hearing. He is cleared of all charges after testimony from Dumbledore, and from Harry's neighbour, Mrs. Figg.


Harry's Occlumency lessons go poorly. During his [[Ordinary Wizarding Levels|Ordinary Wizarding Level exams]], he envisions Voldemort torturing Sirius in the [[Department of Mysteries]] at the Ministry. Harry attempts to contact Sirius at Grimmauld Place, using the [[Floo Network]] in Umbridge's office, but she catches and interrogates him, threatening to use the [[Cruciatus Curse]] on him. Hermione intervenes by concocting a story that leads them into the [[Forbidden Forest (Harry Potter)|Forbidden Forest]]. Umbridge provokes the [[Centaur|centaurs]], who take her captive.
When the students return to Hogwarts, they are surprised to hear that [[Dolores Umbridge]], Senior Undersecretary to the Minister, has been appointed by the [[Ministry of Magic|Ministry]] as the new [[Hogwarts subjects#Defense Against the Dark Arts|Defense Against the Dark Arts]] teacher. She refuses to teach real defense methods and only lectures from Ministry-approved theory. It becomes clear she is there to spy on and take control of the school and is soon appointed [[Dolores Umbridge#High Inquisitor|High Inquisitor]], arbitrarily imposing rules and regulations. She also harbours racist hatred for "half-breeds", such as [[centaurs]], werewolves, and similar creatures. She considers [[Rubeus Hagrid]] (a half-[[giant (mythology)|giant]]) and [[Sybill Trelawney]] incompetent, and sacks Trelawney (Hagrid is dismissed later). Although Dumbledore is unable to prevent Trelawney's dismissal, he invokes his authority to allow her to remain in the castle and appoints a new Divination teacher - the centaur, Firenze.


Harry, Ron, Hermione, [[Ginny Weasley|Ginny]], [[Neville Longbottom|Neville]] and [[Luna Lovegood|Luna]] fly to the Ministry to save Sirius, but he is not in the Department of Mysteries. Instead, the room in his vision has shelves filled with [[Prophecy (Harry Potter)|glass spheres]], one of which bears Harry's and Voldemort's names. Harry picks it up and is immediately surrounded by Death Eaters. [[Lucius Malfoy]] reveals that Harry was lured there by a fake vision from Voldemort, and that he wishes to hear the prophecy contained in the glass sphere. He asks Harry for the sphere, but Harry refuses. The Hogwarts group fight the Death Eaters and evade them. Order of the Phoenix members (tipped off by Professor Snape) arrive and battle the Death Eaters. Harry and Neville accidentally drop the prophecy sphere, destroying it. Later during the battle, [[Bellatrix Lestrange]] kills Sirius.
Harry has been having disturbing dreams about running down a hallway and attempting to open a door in the Ministry of Magic's [[Ministry of Magic#Department of Mysteries|Department of Mysteries]]. He also dreams he is a snake attacking Ron's father. Mr. Weasley is indeed found injured at the Ministry, suffering from severe venomous snake bites. Harry fears he is being possessed by Voldemort. In response, Dumbledore has [[Severus Snape]] teach Harry [[Occlumency]] to block his mind from intrusion, but their mutual animosity ends their lessons prematurely.


Harry chases Bellatrix into the atrium. Voldemort appears and tries to kill Harry, but Dumbledore appears and thwarts him. Fudge and other Ministry of Magic employees arrive on the scene and witness Voldemort just before he escapes. In his office, Dumbledore tells Harry the prophecy was made by [[Professor Trelawney]], who predicted the birth of a child with power against Voldemort. This caused Voldemort to pursue [[Lily and James Potter|Harry's parents]], and is why he targets Harry. Overwhelmed by the prophecy and mourning Sirius' death, Harry grows sullen, although the wizarding community now believes and respects him. Supported by his friends, Harry is able to endure another summer with the Dursleys.
Hermione blackmails journalist [[Rita Skeeter]] into writing a favourable article about Harry witnessing Voldemort's return. Ravenclaw student [[Luna Lovegood|Luna Lovegood's]] father publishes the story in his paper, [[Harry Potter newspapers and magazines#The Quibbler|The Quibbler]]. Furious, Umbridge bans the tabloid from the school, but the story spreads rapidly, gathering support for Harry. Many in the wizarding community also now believe Harry.


==Publication and release==
Hermione convinces Harry to secretly teach students Defense Against the Dark Arts. They name their clandestine group "[[Dumbledore's Army]]", or ''D.A.'' for short, to mock the Ministry of Magic, which fears Dumbledore is creating a secret wizard army. When Umbridge uncovers the group's meetings, Dumbledore claims that he organised it. Confronted by two [[Auror]]s ([[Minor Ministry officials in Harry Potter#Dawlish|Dawlish]] and [[Kingsley Shacklebolt|Shacklebolt]]), [[Cornelius Fudge|Minister Fudge]], [[Percy Weasley]], and Umbridge, Dumbledore easily disables them and is spectacularly whisked away by his phoenix, [[Fawkes]]. Umbridge is appointed Headmistress and imposes even tighter control. Fed up, the Weasley twins instigate a revolt, causing mayhem throughout the school while the staff pointedly do nothing to help Umbridge regain control.
''Potter'' fans waited three years between the releases of the fourth and fifth books.<ref name="timeline">{{cite web|url=http://www.infoplease.com/entertainment/books/harry-potter-timeline.html|title=Harry Potter Timeline: 2000 to the Present|last=Ross|first=Shmuel|author2=Mark Zurlo|date=2000–2009|publisher=Pearson Education, publishing as Infoplease|access-date=11 July 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224155835/http://www.infoplease.com/entertainment/books/harry-potter-timeline.html|archive-date=24 December 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="list">{{cite web|url=http://www.mugglenet.com/books/index.shtml|title=Harry Potter Books|date=1999–2009|publisher=MuggleNet.com|access-date=29 May 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606023823/http://www.mugglenet.com/books/index.shtml|archive-date=6 June 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Before the release of the fifth book, 200&nbsp;million copies of the first four books had already been sold and translated into 55&nbsp;languages in 200&nbsp;countries.<ref name="cnn">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/books/06/20/sprj.cas03.potter.advancer/|title=Potter-mania sweeps bookstores|date=30 June 2003|publisher=CNN|access-date=29 May 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724155040/http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/books/06/20/sprj.cas03.potter.advancer/|archive-date=24 July 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> As the series was already a global phenomenon, the book forged new pre-order records, with thousands of people queuing outside book stores on 20 June 2003&nbsp;to secure copies at midnight.<ref name="cnn"/> Despite the security, thousands of copies were stolen from an [[Earlestown]], Merseyside warehouse on 15 June 2003.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2996718.stm|title=Thousands of Potter books stolen|date=17 June 2003|work=BBC News|access-date=29 May 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090818100547/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2996718.stm|archive-date=18 August 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref>


===Critical response===
Harry receives a vision that Sirius is being tortured at the [[Ministry of Magic#Department of Mysteries|Department of Mysteries]], although Hermione suspects it may be a trap. Harry desperately attempts to contact Sirius at Grimmauld Place via the [[Floo Network]] in Umbridge's office fireplace, but he is caught. Umbridge reveals it was she who sent the Dementors to attack Harry during the summer. As she is about to use the [[Unforgivable Curses|Cruciatus Curse]] on him, Hermione claims that Dumbledore has hidden a powerful weapon in the Forbidden Forest. She leads Harry and Umbridge into the forest where they encounter centaurs. Umbridge foolishly insults them and an angry centaur picks up Umbridge and carries her off screaming into the woods. When Hagrid's giant half-brother, [[Grawp]] crashes onto the scene, Hermione and Harry escape amid the chaos.
''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' was met with mostly positive reviews and received several awards. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Article clipped from The Guardian
|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian/138879131/ |access-date=16 January 2024 |website=[[Newspapers]]}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' reported on reviews from several British publications that had rated the novel out of five: ''[[Daily Mail]]'' gave it a four, ''[[The Observer]]'', ''[[Evening Standard]]'', ''[[The Independent]]'', ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' and ''[[The Times]]'' gave it a three and ''[[Independent on Sunday]]'' gave it a two.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Article clipped from The Guardian
|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian/138879131/ |access-date=16 January 2024 |website=[[Newspapers]]}}</ref> In 2004, the book was cited as an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults and as an [[American Library Association Notable Book]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/annotations/2004bestbooks.cfm|title=Best Books for Young Adults Annotated List 2004|year=2004|publisher=American Library Association|access-date=30 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414195412/http://ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/annotations/2004bestbooks.cfm <!--Added by H3llBot-->|archive-date=14 April 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/childrensnotable/notablechibooks/ncbpastlists/2004notablechildrensbook.cfm |title=2004 Notable Children's Books |year=2009 |publisher=American Library Association |access-date=30 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905172651/http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/childrensnotable/notablechibooks/ncbpastlists/2004notablechildrensbook.cfm |archive-date=5 September 2009 }}</ref> It also received the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio 2004 Gold Medal, along with several other awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arthuralevinebooks.com/awards.asp|title=Awards|last=Levine|first=Arthur|date=2001–2005|publisher=Arthur A. Levine Books|access-date=30 May 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060429093544/http://www.arthuralevinebooks.com/awards.asp|archive-date=29 April 2006|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Rowling was praised for her imagination by ''[[USA Today]]'' writer Deirdre Donahue.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/books/reviews/2003-06-20-potter_x.htm|title=Rich characters, magical prose elevate 'Phoenix'|last=Donahue|first=Deirdre|date=25 June 2003|work=USA Today|access-date=31 May 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20090601123338/https://www.usatoday.com/life/books/reviews/2003-06-20-potter_x.htm|archive-date=1 June 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
''[[The New York Times]]'' writer John Leonard praised the novel, saying "''The Order of the Phoenix'' starts slow, gathers speed and then skateboards, with somersaults, to its furious conclusion....As Harry gets older, Rowling gets better."<ref name="Leonard">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/13/books/nobody-expects-the-inquisition.html|title=Nobody Expects the Inquisition|last=Leonard|first=John|date=13 July 2003|work=The New York Times|access-date=31 May 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609114136/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/13/books/nobody-expects-the-inquisition.html|archive-date=9 June 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> However, he also criticised "the one-note Draco Malfoy" and the predictable Lord Voldemort.<ref name="Leonard"/>


===Predecessors and sequels===
Harry, Ron, and Hermione, along with Luna, Ginny, and Neville fly to the Ministry of Magic on the school's [[Thestral]]s, unaware they are being lured into a trap. When they arrive at the Department of Mysteries, they are ambushed by [[Death Eater]]s. Voldemort seeks a prophecy contained in a glass sphere there and needs Harry to retrieve it for him.
''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' is the fifth book in the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series.<ref name="timeline"/> The first book in the series, ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]],'' was first published by Bloomsbury in 1997 with an initial print-run of 500&nbsp;copies in hardback, 300 of which were distributed to libraries. By the end of 1997, the UK edition won a [[National Book Award]] and a gold medal in the 9-to-11-year-olds category of the [[Nestlé Smarties Book Prize]].<ref name="Knapp2003InDefenseOfHP">{{cite journal|last=Knapp|first=N.F.|year=2003|title=In Defense of Harry Potter: An Apologia|journal=School Libraries Worldwide|publisher=International Association of School Librarianship|volume=9|issue=1|pages=78–91|url=http://www.iasl-online.org/files/jan03-knapp.pdf|access-date=14 May 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309051050/http://www.iasl-online.org/files/jan03-knapp.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Harry Potter UK Release Dates">{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/235354|title=A Potter timeline for muggles|date=14 July 2007|work=Toronto Star|access-date=27 September 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220001353/http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/235354|archive-date=20 December 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Harry Potter US&nbsp;— Scholastic">{{cite web|url=http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/books/author/index.htm|title=Harry Potter: Meet J.K. Rowling|publisher=Scholastic Inc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070604101828/http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/books/author/index.htm|archive-date=4 June 2007 |access-date=27 September 2008}}</ref> The second novel, ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', was published in the UK on 2 July 1998. The third novel, ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', was published a year later in the UK on 8 July 1999 and in the US on 8 September 1999.<ref name="Harry Potter UK Release Dates" /><ref name="Harry Potter US&nbsp;— Scholastic" /> The fourth novel, ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', was published 8 July 2000, simultaneously by [[Bloomsbury Press|Bloomsbury]] and [[Scholastic Press|Scholastic]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/jul/19/jkjoannekathleenrowling|title=Speed-reading after lights out|date=19 July 2000|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=27 September 2008|location=London|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231101931/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/jul/19/jkjoannekathleenrowling|archive-date=31 December 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The fifth novel, ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'', is the longest book in the series, yet it is the second-shortest film at 2 hours 18 minutes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tomfolio.com/PublisherInfo/HarryPotter.asp|title=The Phenomenon of Harry Potter|last=Elisco|first=Lester|date=2000–2009|publisher=TomFolio.com|access-date=22 January 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412015849/http://www.tomfolio.com/PublisherInfo/HarryPotter.asp|archive-date=12 April 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref>


After the publishing of ''Order of the Phoenix'', the sixth book of the series, ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', was published on 16 July 2005 and sold 9&nbsp;million copies in the first 24&nbsp;hours of its worldwide release.<ref name="July date">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4113663.stm|title=July date for Harry Potter book|date=21 December 2004|work=BBC News|access-date=27 September 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229024606/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4113663.stm|archive-date=29 December 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="finale">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6912529.stm |title=Harry Potter finale sales hit 11&nbsp;m |work=BBC News |access-date=21 August 2008 |date=23 July 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225034725/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6912529.stm |archive-date=25 December 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The seventh and final novel, ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', was published 21 July 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6320733.stm|title=Rowling unveils last Potter date|date=1 February 2007|work=BBC News|access-date=27 September 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228101051/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6320733.stm|archive-date=28 December 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The book sold 11 million copies within 24&nbsp;hours of its release: 2.7&nbsp;million copies in the UK and 8.3&nbsp;million in the US.<ref name="finale"/>
The students heroically [[Second Wizarding War#Battle of the Department of Mysteries|fight the Death Eaters]], but they are outmatched. As they are nearly defeated, Order members arrive. During the ensuing battle, the glass sphere is shattered and the prophecy lost. Sirius is blasted with a spell by his Death Eater cousin, [[Bellatrix Lestrange]] and, falling backwards, disappears through a mysterious veiled archway. Lupin restrains Harry, telling him that Sirius is dead. Dumbledore arrives and the Death Eaters, except for Lestrange, are captured. Lord Voldemort appears and duels with Dumbledore as Ministry of Magic employees arrive in time to see the Dark Lord before he [[Magic (Harry Potter)#Apparation and Disapparation|Disapparates]], taking Lestrange with him. [[Cornelius Fudge]] finally admits Voldemort has returned and Harry's interview with Rita Skeeter is reprinted in the [[Harry Potter newspapers and magazines#The Daily Prophet|Daily Prophet]].


==Adaptations==
Later, Dumbledore apologizes to Harry for withholding information over the past year. He reveals the lost prophecy, for it was to him that it was first told: either Harry or Voldemort must die at the hand of the other, for neither can live while the other survives. Dumbledore also reveals that due to when the boy was predicted to be born, Neville Longbottom could also have been the child in the prophecy. Dumbledore believes Voldemort chose to attack Harry because he is a half-blood like himself; Neville is a pureblood. In so doing, the Dark Lord marked Harry as his equal.


==Notes==
===Film===
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*The [[Death Eaters]] captured at the [[Ministry of Magic|Ministry]] were [[Lucius Malfoy]], [[Minor Dark wizards in Harry Potter#Nott|Nott]], [[Minor Dark wizards in Harry Potter#Jugson|Jugson]], [[Minor Dark wizards in Harry Potter#Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange|Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange]], [[Antonin Dolohov]], [[Minor Dark wizards in Harry Potter#Crabbe Sr|Crabbe Sr]], [[Walden Macnair]], [[Avery]], [[Augustus Rookwood]], and [[Minor Dark wizards in Harry Potter#Travers and Mulciber|Mulciber]]. [[Lord Voldemort]] and [[Bellatrix Lestrange]] were also at the Ministry, but they escaped. This list includes most of the Death Eaters whose names were known to the reader at this time, though [[Peter Pettigrew]] and [[Minor Dark wizards in Harry Potter#Goyle Sr|Goyle Sr.]] were both absent from this mission and likely others as well, given the number of Death Eaters that Harry saw at Voldemort's rebirth in [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]. The only Death Eater that had never been mentioned before was Jugson.
In 2007, ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' was released in a film version directed by [[David Yates]] and written by [[Michael Goldenberg]]. The film was produced by [[David Heyman]]'s company, [[Heyday Films]], alongside [[David Barron (film producer)|David Barron]]. The budget was reportedly between [[GBP|£]]75&nbsp;and 100&nbsp;million (US$150–200&nbsp;million),<ref name=scotsman-budget>{{cite news|url=http://news.scotsman.com/filmandtvawards/Oscars-signal-boom-except-for.3340535.jp|title=Oscars signal boom (except for Scots)|work=The Scotsman|location=UK|date=24 January 2007|access-date=24 January 2007|last=Cornwell|first=Tim|archive-date=9 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109165533/http://news.scotsman.com/filmandtvawards/Oscars-signal-boom-except-for.3340535.jp|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="fji">{{cite news|url=http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/features/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003600960&imw=Y|title=Harry the Fifth|first=Harry|last=Haun|work=[[Film Journal International]]|date=20 June 2007|access-date=26 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804072440/http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/features/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003600960&imw=Y|archive-date=4 August 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and it became the unadjusted [[List of highest-grossing films|eleventh-highest-grossing film of all time]] and a critical and commercial success.<ref name="movie">{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=harrypotter5.htm |title=Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=5 February 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201092352/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=harrypotter5.htm |archive-date=1 February 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The film opened to a [[List of highest-grossing openings for films|worldwide 5-day opening]] of $333&nbsp;million, the third best of all time, and grossed $940&nbsp;million total, second to ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End]]'' for the greatest total of 2007.<ref name=worldwide-openings>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/worldwideopenings.htm|title=Worldwide Openings|access-date=6 March 2008|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623165250/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/worldwideopenings.htm|archive-date=23 June 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=2007-grosses>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2007&p=.htm|title=2007 Worldwide Grosses|date=6 March 2008|website=Box Office Mojo|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508233318/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2007&p=.htm|archive-date=8 May 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>


===Video games===
*The access code for the visitor's entrance for the Ministry of Magic is 6-2-4-4-2 on the telephone, which spells M-A-G-I-C.
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*This is the longest book in the series.


A video game adaptation of the book and film versions of ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' was made for [[Microsoft Windows]], [[PS2]], [[PS3]], [[Xbox 360]], [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]], [[Nintendo DS]], [[Wii]], [[Game Boy Advance]], and [[Mac OS X]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://games.ea.com/harrypotterandtheorderofthephoenix/features.jsp?platform=ps2|title=Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: The Videogame|year=2007|publisher=Electronic Arts Inc.|access-date=11 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119060345/http://games.ea.com/harrypotterandtheorderofthephoenix/features.jsp?platform=ps2|archive-date=19 January 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It was released on 25 June 2007&nbsp;in the U.S., 28 June 2007&nbsp;in Australia, and 29 June 2007&nbsp;in the UK and Europe for PlayStation 3, PSP, PlayStation 2, [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], and 3 July 2007&nbsp;for most other platforms.<ref>{{cite web|title=Harry Potter: Phoenix|url=http://www.gamespot.com/wii/adventure/harrypotterphoenix/index.html?q=order%20of%20the&tag=result;title;5|publisher=CBS Interactive Inc.|year=2009|access-date=10 June 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611064836/http://www.gamespot.com/wii/adventure/harrypotterphoenix/index.html?q=order%20of%20the&tag=result;title;5|archive-date=11 June 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The games were published by [[Electronic Arts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://harrypotter.ea.com/|title=Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince: The Video Game|year=2009|publisher=Electronic Arts Inc.|access-date=30 May 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090518095610/http://harrypotter.ea.com/#|archive-date=18 May 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
==Editions==
The book was [[2003 book|published]] on [[21 June]] [[2003]] in the [[United Kingdom]] and the majority of other countries. It sold almost seven million copies in the [[United Kingdom]] and United States combined on that day. It has 38 chapters, is about 255,000 words long,<ref>{{cite web | title=Guardian Unlimited Books: Special Reports: June date for Harry Potter 5 | url=http://books.guardian.co.uk/harrypotter/story/0,10761,875390,00.html | accessdate=2005-12-05}}</ref> and is the longest book in the series.<ref>OoF longer than HBP and Book 7 with 784 pages[http://www.amazon.com/dp/0545010225/]</ref>


The book is also depicted in the 2011 video game ''[[Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7]]''.
In the [[US]] editions of the novel, in contrast to other books in the series, the font used is half a size smaller (11.5 vs. 12). This makes the book much longer than the others because more was fit into 870 pages than could have if 12 point font was used.


==Translations==
In [[United Kingdom|Britain]], the [[blindness|blind]] then-[[Secretary of State for the Home Department|Home Secretary]] [[David Blunkett]] complained about the delay of the [[compact audio cassette|cassette]] version of the book, as well as its projected price.
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The first official foreign translation of the book appeared in [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] on 21 July 2003, when the first of twenty-two instal<!-- In British English, "installment" is spelt with one "L"!-->ments was released. The first official European translation appeared in [[Serbia and Montenegro]] in [[Serbian language|Serbian]] by the official publisher ''Narodna Knjiga'' in early September 2003. Other translations appeared later (e.g. in November 2003 in Dutch and German). The English-language version has topped the bestseller list in France, whereas in Germany and the Netherlands, an unofficial distributed translation process was started on the internet.<ref>{{cite web | title=Harry auf Deutsch: Projekt-Übersicht der Harry Potter Übersetzung (en) | url=http://www.had-community.de/HaD/ | access-date=10 July 2011 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425231800/http://www.had-community.de/HaD/ | archive-date=25 April 2012 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
The [[Canada|Canadian]] version of the book is made from [[recycled]] paper and saved 29,650 trees in the initial print run of 1 million books. J.K. Rowling comments on this in a message written specifically for the Canadian edition of the book.


==See also==

{{Portal|Novels}}
;Bloomsbury (United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada etc.)
* [[Religious debates over the Harry Potter series]]
* ISBN 0-7475-5100-6 Hardback
* ISBN 0-7475-6940-1 Hardback (adult edition)
;Scholastic (United States etc.)
* ISBN 0-439-35806-X Hardback

==Translations==
The first official foreign translation of the book appeared in [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] on [[21 July]], [[2003]], when the first of 22 installments was released. The first official European translation appeared in [[Serbia and Montenegro]] in [[Serbian language|Serbian]], by the official publisher ''Narodna Knjiga'', in early September 2003. Other translations appeared later, e.g. in November 2003 in Dutch and German. The English language version has topped the best seller list in [[France]]; while in [[Germany]] and [[The Netherlands]] an unofficial distributed translation process has been started on the net.<ref>{{cite web | title=Harry auf Deutsch: Projekt-Übersicht der Harry Potter Übersetzung(en) | url=http://www.harry-auf-deutsch.de/ | accessdate=2005-12-05}}</ref>

* In the [[Czech Republic]] a college student translated the book in July/September, long before its intended release date, and one 14-year old schoolboy made it available on his private website. This led to confusion, with many newspapers stating that this unofficial translation was done by group of teenagers<ref>{{cite web | title=Radio Prague - News | url=http://www.radio.cz/en/news/42665 | accessdate=2005-12-05}}</ref> and the official Czech publisher (Albatros<ref>{{cite web | title=http://www.albatros.cz | url=http://www.albatros.cz | accessdate=2005-12-05}}</ref>) announcing that they would sue the schoolboy. Later they retracted this announcement.


==References==
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This article is about the book. For the film, see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film). For other uses, see Order of the Phoenix (disambiguation).

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Cover art of the original UK edition
AuthorJ. K. Rowling
IllustratorJason Cockcroft (first edition)
LanguageEnglish
SeriesHarry Potter
Release number
5th in series
GenreFantasy
PublisherBloomsbury (UK)
Publication date
21 June 2003
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages766 (first edition)
ISBN0-7475-5100-6
Preceded byHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 
Followed byHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the fifth novel in the Harry Potter series. 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. exams, and an obstructive Ministry of Magic. The novel was published on 21 June 2003 by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom, Scholastic in the United States, and Raincoast in Canada. It sold five million copies in the first 24 hours of publication.[1]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix won several awards, including the American Library Association Best Book Award for Young Adults in 2003. The book was also made into a 2007 film, and a video game by Electronic Arts.

Plot[edit]

During the summer, Harry Potter is frustrated by his friends' non-communication and with Dumbledore barring him from helping combat a newly-resurgent Lord Voldemort. One evening, Dementors attack him and cousin Dudley, but Harry fends them off using the Patronus Charm. Later, Order of the Phoenix members arrive at the Dursley house to evacuate Harry. They whisk him off to Number 12, Grimmauld Place, Sirius Black's family home, which is now the Order's headquarters. Ron and Hermione are there and tell Harry that the Order is a secret organisation that Dumbledore created to fight Voldemort and the Death Eaters. Harry wants to join, but is too young.

The Ministry of Magic, under Cornelius Fudge, attempt to malign Harry for stating that Voldemort has returned. Harry is also charged with performing underage magic while with a Muggle, but is exonerated and returns to Hogwarts. Dolores Umbridge, a senior Ministry employee, is the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. She initiates strict rules and a textbook-only curriculum and forbids the students from practicing defensive spells. Harry, Ron, and Hermione form a secret student Defense group called Dumbledore's Army. The group secretly meets in the Room of Requirement to practice under Harry's instruction.

One night, Harry dreams that Arthur Weasley is attacked by Voldemort's snake, Nagini. His vision is true, and Arthur is found seriously injured at the Ministry. Dumbledore realises that Harry's and Voldemort's minds are connected, and he orders Professor Snape to teach Harry Occlumency, a skill to close one's mind against others. Umbridge is tipped-off about Dumbledore's Army; to prevent Harry's expulsion, Dumbledore claims responsibility for forming the group. To avoid arrest, he goes into hiding. Umbridge is appointed headmistress, though she is magically barred from entering Dumbledore's tower, and begins enacting strict rules and regulations.

Harry's Occlumency lessons go poorly. During his Ordinary Wizarding Level exams, he envisions Voldemort torturing Sirius in the Department of Mysteries at the Ministry. Harry attempts to contact Sirius at Grimmauld Place, using the Floo Network in Umbridge's office, but she catches and interrogates him, threatening to use the Cruciatus Curse on him. Hermione intervenes by concocting a story that leads them into the Forbidden Forest. Umbridge provokes the centaurs, who take her captive.

Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville and Luna fly to the Ministry to save Sirius, but he is not in the Department of Mysteries. Instead, the room in his vision has shelves filled with glass spheres, one of which bears Harry's and Voldemort's names. Harry picks it up and is immediately surrounded by Death Eaters. Lucius Malfoy reveals that Harry was lured there by a fake vision from Voldemort, and that he wishes to hear the prophecy contained in the glass sphere. He asks Harry for the sphere, but Harry refuses. The Hogwarts group fight the Death Eaters and evade them. Order of the Phoenix members (tipped off by Professor Snape) arrive and battle the Death Eaters. Harry and Neville accidentally drop the prophecy sphere, destroying it. Later during the battle, Bellatrix Lestrange kills Sirius.

Harry chases Bellatrix into the atrium. Voldemort appears and tries to kill Harry, but Dumbledore appears and thwarts him. Fudge and other Ministry of Magic employees arrive on the scene and witness Voldemort just before he escapes. In his office, Dumbledore tells Harry the prophecy was made by Professor Trelawney, who predicted the birth of a child with power against Voldemort. This caused Voldemort to pursue Harry's parents, and is why he targets Harry. Overwhelmed by the prophecy and mourning Sirius' death, Harry grows sullen, although the wizarding community now believes and respects him. Supported by his friends, Harry is able to endure another summer with the Dursleys.

Publication and release[edit]

Potter fans waited three years between the releases of the fourth and fifth books.[2][3] Before the release of the fifth book, 200 million copies of the first four books had already been sold and translated into 55 languages in 200 countries.[4] As the series was already a global phenomenon, the book forged new pre-order records, with thousands of people queuing outside book stores on 20 June 2003 to secure copies at midnight.[4] Despite the security, thousands of copies were stolen from an Earlestown, Merseyside warehouse on 15 June 2003.[5]

Critical response[edit]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was met with mostly positive reviews and received several awards. [6] The Guardian reported on reviews from several British publications that had rated the novel out of five: Daily Mail gave it a four, The Observer, Evening Standard, The Independent, The Daily Telegraph and The Times gave it a three and Independent on Sunday gave it a two.[7] In 2004, the book was cited as an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults and as an American Library Association Notable Book.[8][9] It also received the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio 2004 Gold Medal, along with several other awards.[10] Rowling was praised for her imagination by USA Today writer Deirdre Donahue.[11] The New York Times writer John Leonard praised the novel, saying "The Order of the Phoenix starts slow, gathers speed and then skateboards, with somersaults, to its furious conclusion....As Harry gets older, Rowling gets better."[12] However, he also criticised "the one-note Draco Malfoy" and the predictable Lord Voldemort.[12]

Predecessors and sequels[edit]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the fifth book in the Harry Potter series.[2] The first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was first published by Bloomsbury in 1997 with an initial print-run of 500 copies in hardback, 300 of which were distributed to libraries. By the end of 1997, the UK edition won a National Book Award and a gold medal in the 9-to-11-year-olds category of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize.[13][14][15] The second novel, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was published in the UK on 2 July 1998. The third novel, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, was published a year later in the UK on 8 July 1999 and in the US on 8 September 1999.[14][15] The fourth novel, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, was published 8 July 2000, simultaneously by Bloomsbury and Scholastic.[16] The fifth novel, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, is the longest book in the series, yet it is the second-shortest film at 2 hours 18 minutes.[17]

After the publishing of Order of the Phoenix, the sixth book of the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, was published on 16 July 2005 and sold 9 million copies in the first 24 hours of its worldwide release.[1][18] The seventh and final novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was published 21 July 2007.[19] The book sold 11 million copies within 24 hours of its release: 2.7 million copies in the UK and 8.3 million in the US.[18]

Adaptations[edit]

Film[edit]

Main article: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)

In 2007, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was released in a film version directed by David Yates and written by Michael Goldenberg. The film was produced by David Heyman's company, Heyday Films, alongside David Barron. The budget was reportedly between £75 and 100 million (US$150–200 million),[20][21] and it became the unadjusted eleventh-highest-grossing film of all time and a critical and commercial success.[22] The film opened to a worldwide 5-day opening of $333 million, the third best of all time, and grossed $940 million total, second to Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End for the greatest total of 2007.[23][24]

Video games[edit]

Main article: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)

A video game adaptation of the book and film versions of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was made for Microsoft Windows, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, PSP, Nintendo DS, Wii, Game Boy Advance, and Mac OS X.[25] It was released on 25 June 2007 in the U.S., 28 June 2007 in Australia, and 29 June 2007 in the UK and Europe for PlayStation 3, PSP, PlayStation 2, Windows, and 3 July 2007 for most other platforms.[26] The games were published by Electronic Arts.[27]

The book is also depicted in the 2011 video game Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7.

Translations[edit]

Main article: Harry Potter in translation

The first official foreign translation of the book appeared in Vietnamese on 21 July 2003, when the first of twenty-two instalments was released. The first official European translation appeared in Serbia and Montenegro in Serbian by the official publisher Narodna Knjiga in early September 2003. Other translations appeared later (e.g. in November 2003 in Dutch and German). The English-language version has topped the bestseller list in France, whereas in Germany and the Netherlands, an unofficial distributed translation process was started on the internet.[28]

See also[edit]

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