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Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary boy — until he is rescued by an owl, taken to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, learns to play Quidditch and does battle in a deadly duel. The reason....Harry Potter is a wizard!

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J.K. Rowling

J.K. Rowling

1965
British
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Thomas Henry Taylor

Thomas Henry Taylor

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Reviews

Plugged In

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
After being raised in the miserably unfair home of his Uncle Vernon Dursley, Harry practically begins life anew when he discovers that he is a wizard and is invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

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Common Sense Media

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Reviewed by Carrie R. Wheadon
Parents need to know that Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is the first book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series about an orphan boy who begins his studies at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry....

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Kirkus Reviews

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
In a rousing first novel, already an award-winner in England, Harry is just a baby when his magical parents are done in by Voldemort, a wizard so dastardly other wizards are scared to mention his name.

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