This says library binding, but it is not. Library binding is when the book is actually sewn together for durability. This is a paperback in size and quality with a hard cover that has a bad version of the cover art.

"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" is hardly a "sophomore slump" nor does it suffer from sequelitis. In the follow-up,students are being mysteriously petrified at Hogwarts. Harry must deal with a new Defense Against Dark Arts teacher,the vain (and dishonest) Gilderoy Lockhart. He also has to deal with Ron's sister,Ginny,whose adoration of him verges toward the unhealthy. On the way, Harry learns about the "Chamber of Secrets" and the "heir of Gryffindor." The action moves swiftly...from Harry's detective work with Ron to his journey into the bowels of Hogwarts. In the end, Harry learns that Tom Riddle,the younger version of Voldemort,his parents' killer,had possessed Ginny using her diary. Evil is swiftly defeated with the help of a magical sword, a phoenix, and of course,Dumbledore...but that doesn't mean Harry's confrontations with Voldemort are over.

"The Chamber of Secrets" works as an engaging,exciting sequel. JK Rowling still had her magic...

It is hard to escape the first without wanting more, and this does it without re-treading everything from Book One.