Harry and Friends Learn the Date of Buckbeak's Appeal

PAGES: 314-316

Harry Potter receives a letter from Hagrid informing him that Buckbeak's appeal is set for the same day as their last exam, and the Ministry is sending an executioner. This news devastates Harry, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger as they realize the committee seems biased in favor of Lucius Malfoy's influence.