I love the Harry Potter series of books! Better than the movies! Great series! My favorite.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)
By J.K. Rowling
Book 1 of 8 in the
Harry Potter Series
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 4 - 8 | V | 5.5 | 77508 |
This special edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone has a gorgeous new cover illustration by Kazu Kibuishi. Inside is the full text of the original novel, with decorations by Mary GrandPré.
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.
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.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN-13: 9780545582889
ISBN-10: 0545582881
Published on 8/27/2013
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
Book Reviews (2158)
This is the first book of seven in Harry Potter. Harry's father and mother were killed by a dark wizard named Lord Voldemort and when he was just one year old. At the age of 11, he was found by Rubius Hagred as he was under the care of a Mugel nonmagic family the Durseleys. When Harry enrolled at Hogwarts, the sorting suggested Slytherin, one of the houses, Harry had heard that Voldemort was in Slytherin, so the hat put him in Griffindor. Harry was allowed to play quiddich in his first year, while all the others could only enroll in the game after their first year. Near the end of the book, harry discovered that his defense agains the dark arts teacher mr. quorreel had been a servant of Voldemort.
this book is really a wonderful adventure. filled with wizards, magic, mail carrying owls, and muggles. once you start reading you just can't stop. I would recommend this book.
I like this book. It is interesting how Harry Potter gets detention and has to go into this forest with Hagrid.
I have been told that the beginning of the book is boring, once you get past the 1st chapter, you enter Harry's world. I have read every Harry Potter book and have watched every movie. I used to think Harry Potter was for nerds (which I now understand is not a nice term) but if that is so, I am proud to consider myself a nerd.
This is a book about a boy named harry potter who's mother and father dies when he was young and now has to live with a mean old family called the Durslys ( don't know how to spell) and then he learns he is a wizard and go's to a wizard school and this is basically how he lives his first year there!
This book is about a boy named Harry Potter. He goes to a school of witchcraft and wizardy that is named Hogwarts. It tells about his first year there.
All Harry Potter books are pretty long but totally worth it.Book one is mainly about how Harry begins Hogwarts and how he stopped Voldemort as a young baby. Everyone in the associated with the magical world knows about Harry Potter and how he still has the scar the dark lord gave him.Harry potter and the deathly hallows is my favorite book out of the entire series.It's the last one but it's still my favorite.
This book is awesome. It is about a boy named Harry Potter. Harry has started to attend a school called Hogwarts Witchcraft aand Wizardry. First Harry has to get his school supplies. On September First Harry gets on the Hogwarts Express. On the train Harry makes new friends named Hermione Granger and Ron Weasely. Harry also met Draco Malfoy. Now Potter, Geranger and Weasley are enemies with Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle (for some reason all the characters call each other by their last name). At Hogwarts after the sorting Sacramone and after dinnereveryone went to their houses to get some rest. In the morning after breakfast everyone have to go to their classes to learn how to do some magic and the first years they have to also learn how to ride a broomstick. when Neville try to ride the broomstick he fell off and broke his wrist and he had to put the ball he was holding on the table but then Malfoy took it and jumped on his broomstick and and started flying into the air Harry on the other hand also jumped on his room and flew after Malfoy.then Professor McGonagall found Malfoy and Potter in the air. She yelled at Malfoy but told Harry to follow her. She asked Proffessor Quirell if she can borrow Oliver Wood for a moment. At the end of the book it is the end of Harry's first year at school and Harry and all of the other kids (other 1st years and 2nd through 7 years) are going home since it's the summer.
"Don't judge book by it's cover" especially if it''s the Harry Potter series... These series have been with me since third grade. Here we have a typical teenage boy named Harry, he was an unusual boy but did not know he had magic in him. Now a few months past and he has friends, he now knows sorcery, and he attends the famous school: Hogwarts. Now you can tell Harry is an unusual boy for sure. This story caught my attention for sure, actually the whole series. I would recommend this book because the book feels like it is right in front of you. I also really enjoyed the author's transitions used during the story. The book may look long, but it isn't when you start reading. Enjoy!!!!