IN THIS FOURTH INSTALLMENT OF THE HARRY POTTER SERIES THE HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY IS PREPARING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRIWIZARD TOURNAMENT, A CONTEST WHICH PITS HOGWARTS AGAINST TWO OTHER POWERFUL SCHOOLS OF THE MAGICAL ARTS. AS BY TRADITION, THE GOBLET OF FIRE NAMES THE THREE HOGWARTS STUDENTS CHOSEN TO PARTICIPATE, BUT THIS YEAR THE GOBLET CALLS OUT A FOURTH NAME AS WELL--THAT OF 14-YEAR-OLD HARRY POTTER. MEANWHILE, HARRY BECOMES DISTRACTED BY HIS GROWING INTEREST IN THE OPPOSITE SEX AND RECEIVES YET ANOTHER WARNING THAT HIS LIFE IS IN DANGER. NAMED A YEAR 2000 NOTABLE BOOKS BY THE NEW YORK TIMES AND ONE OF THE BEST CHILDREN'S BOOKS 2000 BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY.