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Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. (Joanne) Rowling

Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone

1st Published in UK as Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone

by J.K. (Joanne) Rowling
  • Critics' Consensus (7):
  • Readers' Rating (220):
  • First Published:
  • Sep 1, 1998, 309 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Sep 1999, 312 pages
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Logan Weilert

I LOVED Harry Potter
I liked Harry Potter. You should read it.
Auds

Absolutely thrilling and magical!!!
This story is about Harry Potter, a normal 11 year-old boy, who lives with his aunt’s family on 4 Privet Drive. He is mistreated horribly by her son, Dudley, along with everybody else. Harry thinks that his life will always be the same, that he will have to go to bed hungry and be yelled at all the time. But one day everything changes and Harry discovers that his parents were famous wizards who died from a horrible disaster caused by a evil wizard. Harry alone survived this and gained a lighting scar on his forehead.

He is soon taken to Hogwarts, a school for wizards and witches, where he learns magic and makes friends along with enemies. While in Hogwarts, Harry discovers that the evil that gave him his scar may still be alive and in his school searching for the right moment to come back. It is up to Harry Potter and his friends to prevent this from happening. And along the way, Harry must learn to become a wizard and accept his parents’ legacy. With much adventure and thrilling events, J.K. Rowling provides her readers a story based on today’s world but with a twist of magic.
Belle

Harry Potter
I've probably read this 100 times but I never get tired of it!
Patrick

The sorcerers stone
Amazing, amazing, amazing!
Unknown

Very good
I've read it so many times, in my opinion, this deserves a good review with the news.
Selena

Harry Potter
I loved the book . It kept me wanting to read more. I’m sad they only let me read chapter one.
hanna potter/ kenzie

love the book
I love it, and when I hear people say it is horrible I say YOU DONT KNOW THAT!! And when people tell me that Hogwarts not real I say WELL, I BELIEVE AND I TOOK A SURVAY I'M A WIZARD!! So yeah, I love the book and movies.
connor roland

READ IT.
l love it!

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