By J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)

By -Scholastic Press-

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007MSN4UG
• ISBN13: 8601415691597
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The book that started it all.

This is the first of a seven-book series about the school and life of the now-famous character Harry Potter. This is an ongoing story of a young wizard and his pals coming of age, and his adventures in learning how to deal with people and situations that become more of a challenge as he advances through age. This first book is lighter-hearted as Harry is still young and sees the world in black and white, with true heroes and those that must not be named. The book can stand alone; however, the story really spans seven books, and as Harry grows up, the world is no longer black and white but murky yet thrilling. There is a lot more depth and research that went into this series than the superficial story that holds it together. You may want to pick up some of the supplementary books, and the one describing where J. K. Rowling picked up the background information. What I found to be fun is to collect different covers of the book. One of my favorites is the Paperback from England that shows a real train instead of the comic train version. If you are really adventurous, the book has been translated into several languages, including Latin.