The first book in the Harry Potter series - Harry is just a normal boy (albeit one who has to live under the stairs) until his eleventh birthday when a letter arrives by owl messenger and Harry learns he is a wizard and embarks on a journey that is his destiny.
The first book contains just enough to keep the interest for the next and already hooks you into the Harry Potter world.
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Say you've spent the first 10 years of your life sleeping under the stairs of a family who loathes you. Then, in an absurd, magical twist of fate you find yourself surrounded by wizards, a caged snowy owl, a phoenix-feather wand and jellybeans that come in every flavour, including strawberry, curry, grass and se
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Say you've spent the first 10 years of your life sleeping under the stairs of a family who loathes you. Then, in an absurd, magical twist of fate you find yourself surrounded by wizards, a caged snowy owl, a phoenix-feather wand and jellybeans that come in every flavour, including strawberry, curry, grass and sardine. Not only that, but you discover that you are a wizard yourself! This is exactly what happens to young Harry Potter in J K Rowling's enchanting, funny debut novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. In the non-magical human world--the world of "Muggles"--Harry is a nobody, treated like dirt by the aunt and uncle who begrudgingly inherited him when his parents were killed by the evil Voldemort. But in the world of wizards, small, skinny Harry is renowned as a survivor of the wizard who tried to kill him. He is left only with a lightning-bolt scar on his forehead, curiously refined sensibilities and a host of mysterious powers to remind him that he's quite, yes, altogether different from his aunt, uncle, and spoilt, pig-like cousin Dudley.
A mysterious letter, delivered by the friendly giant Hagrid, wrenches Harry from his dreary, Muggle-ridden existence: "We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry". Of course, Uncle Vernon yells most unpleasantly, "I AM NOT PAYING FOR SOME CRACKPOT OLD FOOL TO TEACH HIM MAGIC TRICKS!" Soon enough, however, Harry finds himself at Hogwarts with his owl Hedwig ... and that's where the real adventure--humorous, haunting, and suspenseful--begins.
This magical, gripping, brilliant book--a future classic to be sure--will leave children clamouring for a sequel. (Ages 8-13) --Karin Snelson
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... And this is where the Harry Potter legacy starts. J.K. Rowling's rich world, a near unlimited number of characters and complex plots / sub-plots are all portrayed as just the tip of the iceberg here, stunning, and even fascinating, the reader for long minutes after when they've turned the last page. I just cannot wait to get my hands on the follow-ups.
True, the immediate follow-up, and a few others, are indeed better written (and better overall), but it was here where the actual magic st"
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"Book one in the Harry Potter series. If you don't know about Harry Potter yet then I have no idea where you have been.
A young adult fantasy set in Britain about a young lad who finds out one day that he is a wizard. The series mostly takes place in a school with lots of magic, some dragons, strange animals and some mystery."
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