<P> When they wake up in the hospital, Harry, Ron, and Hermione are told that Black has been sentenced to receive the Dementor's kiss, which removes the soul of the recipient . Dumbledore advises Hermione and Harry to use Hermione's time - turner, a device she has been using to double - up on classes; this permits them to go back in time and save Buckbeak, who carries Black away to safety . </P> <P> Sadly, Snape lets slip that Lupin is a werewolf, leading to his resignation . Harry visits Lupin before he leaves, and as they say goodbye, Lupin is certain that they will meet again sometime soon (see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix). </P> <P> Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third book in the Harry Potter series . The first, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the US), was published by Bloomsbury on 26 June 1997 and the second, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was published on 2 July 1998 . Rowling started to write the Prisoner of Azkaban the day after she finished The Chamber of Secrets . </P> <P> Rowling's favourite aspect of this book was introducing the character Remus Lupin, Rowling additionally said in 2004 that Prisoner of Azkaban was "the best writing experience I ever had...I was in a very comfortable place writing (number) three . Immediate financial worries were over, and press attention wasn't yet by any means excessive". </P>

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