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

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

First Scholastic trade paperback printing

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  • ★★★★ 4.2 (815 ratings) ·
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  • 1,264 Currently reading
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Harry Potter has never played a sport while flying on a broomstick. He's never worn a cloak of invisibility, befriended a giant, or helped hatch a dragon. All Harry knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, Dudley. 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 change when a mysterious letter arrives by owl messenger: a letter with an invitation to a wonderful place he never dreamed existed. There he finds not only friends, aerial sports, and magic around every corner, but a great destiny that's been waiting for him...if Harry can survive the encounter.
(back cover)

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Scholastic
Language
English
Pages
312

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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, 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

People

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

Times

Late 1990s

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Edition Notes

"First Scholastic trade paperback printing, September 1999"--T.p. verso.

Sequel: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

Published in
New York, USA
Series
Harry Potter, #1
Genre
Fiction.
Copyright Date
1998

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
[Fic]
Library of Congress
PZ7.R79835 Har 1999, PZ7.R79835 Har 1998

Contributors

Illustrator
Mary GrandPré

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
vi, 312 p. :
Number of pages
312
Weight
2 pounds

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL22440379M
ISBN 10
059035342X
ISBN 13
9780590353427
LCCN
97039059
OCLC/WorldCat
833796759
Amazon ID (ASIN)
059035342X
Google
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Library Thing
5403381
Goodreads
44415839

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL82563W

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Binghamton University MARC record
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Work Description

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.
(source)

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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.
added by Lisa.

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