Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter is preparing for his fifth year at Hogwards School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, but has apprehensions after not hearing from his classmates and best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. In fact, noone has made contact since his confrontation with the evil Lord Voldemort.

Instead of any kind words from friends or classmates, Harry does receive a letter pronouncing that Harry is about to be expelled from Hogwarts for illegally using magic outside of school and in the presence of a Muggle, namely his obnoxious cousin, Dudley.

Harry's only hope is to defend himself at what amounts to hardly more than a kangaroo court orchestrated by the Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, who has his own reasons for wanting the young wizard to be gone for good. Luckily, Harry is acquitted with thanks going to Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore. But, to Harry's dismay, he has learned that much of the wizarding community has been led to believe that the story of the teenager's recent encounter with Voldemort is an outright lie, putting Harry's integrity in question.

Feeling ostracized and alone, Harry is beset by nightmares that seem to foretell sinister events. Worse, the one person whose counsel he needs most, Professor Dumbledore, is suddenly acting strangely distant from the confused and hurt young wizard.

Meanwhile, Fudge has appointed a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Dolores Umbridge. But Professor Umbridge's "Ministry-approved" course of defensive magic leaves the young wizards woefully unprepared to defend themselves against the Dark Forces threatening them. So, at the prompting of Hermione and Ron, Harry is convinced to take matters into his own hands. Meeting secretly with a small group of students who name themselves "Dumbledore's Army," Harry teaches them how to defend themselves against the Dark Arts, preparing the courageous young wizards for the extraordinary battle that he knows lies ahead.