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An edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

1st American ed.

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Harry Potter has never been the star of a Quidditch team, scoring points while riding a broom far above the ground. He knows no spells, has never helped to hatch a dragon, and has never worn a cloak of invisibility.

All he knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, Dudley - a great big swollen spoiled bully. Harry’s room is a tiny closet at the foot of the stairs, and he hasn’t had a birthday party in eleven years.

But all that is about to change when a mysterious letter arrives by owl messenger: a letter with an invitation to an incredible place that Harry - and anyone who reads about him - will find unforgettable.

For it’s there that he finds not only friends, aerial sports, and magic in everything from classes to meals, but a great destiny that’s been waiting for him…if Harry can survive the encounter.

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A.A. Levine Books
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Pages
309

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Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Witches, Challenges and Overcoming Obstacles, Magic and Supernatural, Cleverness, School Life, school stories, Wizards, Magic, MAGIA, MAGOS, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, NOVELAS INGLESAS, Schools, orphans, fantasy fiction, England in fiction, Witches in fiction, Wizards in fiction, Alchemy, New York Times bestseller, Juvenile literature, Magic in fiction, Open Library Staff Picks, Juvenile audience, Children's stories, Juvenile works, Schools in fiction, Fantasy, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary place), Harry Potter (Fictitious character), Ficción juvenil, Escuelas, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary organization), Translations from English, Chinese fiction, Hermione Granger (Fictitious character), Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry (imaginary organization), fiction, Children's fiction, Schools, fiction, England, fiction, Potter, harry (fictitious character), fiction, Wizards, fiction, Magic, fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general, Large type books, Magier, Fabeltiere, Lehrling, Kinderbuch, Stein der Weisen, Ungeheuer, Junge, English language, Translating into Welsh, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Literary theory, English literature, Ron Weasley (Fictitious character), Latin language materials, Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, Poudlard, école de sorcellerie (Organisation imaginaire), Sorciers, Sorcières, Magie, Internats, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Action & Adventure, Fantasy & Magic, Social Themes, Friendship, Harry Potter (Fictional character), Friendship, fiction, German language materials, Witchcraft, fiction, Wizard, NOVELAS FANTÁSTICAS, NOVELAS JUVENILES INGLESAS, LITERATURA JUVENIL ESTADOUNIDENSE, Écoles, Hechicería, Novela juvenil, Ingleterra, Mystery, roman, English Fantasy literature, Translations into Marathi, English fiction, Translations into Chinese, Children - harry potter, Teen fiction, Children - fiction & literature, Science fiction & fantasy, Fiction - people, Places & cultures, Adventure, Supernatural

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Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, Rubeus Hagrid, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Nicolas Flamel, Norbert, Sorting Hat, Severus Snape, Quirinus Quirrell, Petunia Dursley, Draco Malfoy, Argus Filch, Vernon Dursley, Dudley Dursley, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Molly Weasley, Percy Weasley, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle, Lee Jordan, Scabbers, Hannah Abbott, Bloody Baron, Susan Bones, Terry Boot, Mandy Brocklehurst, Lavender Brown, Millicent Bulstrode, Nearly Headless Nick, Fat Friar, Fat Lady, Justin Finch-Fetchley, Seamus Finnigan, Morag MacDougal, Lily Moon, Pansy Parkinson, Padma Patil, Parvati Patil, Peeves, Dean Thomas, Lisa Turpin, Blaise Zabini, Harry Potter (Fictitious character)

Places

England, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, 4 Privet Drive, Diagon Alley, Leaky Cauldron, Gringotts Wizarding Bank, Forbidden Forest, King's Cross Station, Platform Nine and Three-quarters, London

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late 1990s, Witches

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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Book 1

Published in
New York, USA
Series
Harry Potter
Genre
Juvenile fiction., Fiction.
Copyright Date
1998

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
[Fic]
Library of Congress
PZ7.R79835 Har 1998

Contributors

Illustrator
Mary GrandPré

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
vi, 309 p. :
Number of pages
309

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL691894M
Internet Archive
harrypotterphilo00rowl_233
ISBN 10
0590353403
ISBN 13
9780590353403
LCCN
97039059
OCLC/WorldCat
999544744, 946235142, 1003236695, 1023744300, 733736187, 37975719
Alibris ID
9780590353403
Library Thing
5403381
Goodreads
77523

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Harry Potter #1

When mysterious letters start arriving on his doorstep, Harry Potter has never heard of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

They are swiftly confiscated by his aunt and uncle.

Then, on Harry’s eleventh birthday, a strange man bursts in with some important news: Harry Potter is a wizard and has been awarded a place to study at Hogwarts.

And so the first of the Harry Potter adventures is set to begin.
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Mr. And Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.
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