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Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone

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

by J.K. (Joanne) Rowling

Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. (Joanne) Rowling X
Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. (Joanne) Rowling
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    Sep 1998, 309 pages

    Paperback:
    Sep 1999, 312 pages

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Logan Weilert (02/29/24)

I LOVED Harry Potter
I liked Harry Potter. You should read it.
Auds (07/20/23)

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 (04/26/23)

Harry Potter
I've probably read this 100 times but I never get tired of it!
Patrick (04/24/23)

The sorcerers stone
Amazing, amazing, amazing!
Unknown (04/13/23)

Very good
I've read it so many times, in my opinion, this deserves a good review with the news.
Selena (02/22/23)

Harry Potter
I loved the book . It kept me wanting to read more. I’m sad they only let me read chapter one.
Emily Rose (02/15/23)

Foreshadowing and Red Herring
The plot had some very interesting twists and turns and kept the reader engaged as well as setting up some foreshadowing for future books or for later in the book. I loved the red herring effect of Professor Snape and the way that he comes across as evil when in reality (spoiler alert) Professor Quirrell is the real villain who keeps Voldemort under the turban. I loved J.K.'s imagination and skill when i comes to making up new creatures or new things even taking old things in revamping them in a modern way. Overall this book is a very good read an it is nice to start this series when you are younger and to continue reading as you mature.
hanna potter/ kenzie (01/08/23)

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.

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