It is the summer holidays, and one night Harry Potter wakes up with his scar burning. He has had a strange dream, one that he can't help worrying about until a timely invitation from Ron Weasley arrives: to nothing less than the Quidditch World Cup. Soon Harry is reunited with Ron and Hermione and gasping at the thrills of an international Quidditch match. But then something horrible happens which casts a shadow over everybody, and Harry in particular. Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Book to Share and the FCBG Childrens Book Award - Longer Novel category.