Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!.
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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 flavor,
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 Sorcerer's Stone.
In the nonmagic 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 famous 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 spoiled, piglike 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. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, first published in England as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,
continues to win major awards in England. So far it has won the
National Book Award, the Smarties Prize, the Children's Book Award, and
is short-listed for the Carnegie Medal, the U.K. version of the Newbery
Medal. This magical, gripping, brilliant book--a future classic to be
sure--will leave kids clamoring for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. (Ages 8 to 13) --Karin Snelson
From Publishers Weekly
Readers are in for a delightful romp with this award-winning
debut from a British author who dances in the footsteps of P.L. Travers
and Roald Dahl. As the story opens, mysterious goings-on ruffle the
self-satisfied suburban world of the Dursleys, culminating in a trio of
strangers depositing the Dursleys' infant nephew Harry in a basket on
their doorstep. After 11 years of disregard and neglect at the hands of
his aunt, uncle and their swinish son Dudley, Harry suddenly receives a
visit from a giant named Hagrid, who informs Harry that his mother and
father were a witch and a wizard, and that he is to attend Hogwarts
School of Witchcraft and Wizardry himself. Most surprising of all, Harry
is a legend in the witch world for having survived an attack by the
evil sorcerer Voldemort, who killed his parents and left Harry with a
lightning-shaped scar on his forehead. And so the fun begins, with Harry
going off to boarding school like a typical English kid?only his
supplies include a message-carrying owl and a magic wand. There is
enchantment, suspense and danger galore (as well as enough creepy
creatures to satisfy the most bogeymen-loving readers, and even a
magical game of soccerlike Quidditch to entertain sports fans) as Harry
and his friends Ron and Hermione plumb the secrets of the forbidden
third floor at Hogwarts to battle evil and unravel the mystery behind
Harry's scar. Rowling leaves the door wide open for a sequel; bedazzled
readers will surely clamor for one. Ages 8-12.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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