Excerpt from Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. (Joanne) Rowling, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

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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

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  • First Published:
    Sep 1998, 309 pages
    Paperback:
    Sep 1999, 312 pages

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At school, Harry had no one. Everybody knew that Dudley's gang hated that odd Harry Potter in his baggy old clothes and broken glasses, and nobody liked to disagree with Dudley's gang.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Copyright (c) 1997 by J.K. Rowling. Published with the permission of Scholastic Inc.

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