|  | | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1) | | by J. K. Rowling | | Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books | |  | | | | List Price: | $22.99 | | Price: | $15.63 | | You Save: | $7.36 (32.01%) | | Availability: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | Reading Level: | Ages 9-12 | | Edition: | Hardcover | | |
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Say you've spent the first 10 years of your life sleeping under the stairs of a family who loathes you. Then, in an absurd, magical twist of fate you find yourself surrounded by wizards, a caged snowy owl, a phoenix-feather wand, and jellybeans that come in every flavor, including strawberry, curry, grass, and sardine. Not only that, but you discover that you are a wizard yourself! This is exactly what happens to young Harry Potter in J.K. Rowling's enchanting, funny debut novel, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. In the nonmagic human world--the world of "Muggles"--Harry is a nobody, treated like dirt by the aunt and uncle who begrudgingly inherited him when his parents were killed by the evil Voldemort. But in the world of wizards, small, skinny Harry is famous as a survivor of the wizard who tried to kill him. He is left only with a lightning-bolt scar on his forehead, curiously refined sensibilities, and a host of mysterious powers to remind him that he's quite, yes, altogether different from his aunt, uncle, and spoiled, piglike cousin Dudley. A mysterious letter, delivered by the friendly giant Hagrid, wrenches Harry from his dreary, Muggle-ridden existence: "We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." Of course, Uncle Vernon yells most unpleasantly, "I AM NOT PAYING FOR SOME CRACKPOT OLD FOOL TO TEACH HIM MAGIC TRICKS!" Soon enough, however, Harry finds himself at Hogwarts with his owl Hedwig... and that's where the real adventure--humorous, haunting, and suspenseful--begins. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, first published in England as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, continues to win major awards in England. So far it has won the National Book Award, the Smarties Prize, the Children's Book Award, and is short-listed for the Carnegie Medal, the U.K. version of the Newbery Medal. This magical, gripping, brilliant book--a future classic to be sure--will leave kids clamoring for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. (Ages 8 to 13) --Karin Snelson Amazon.com Audiobook Review
The amazing popularity of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone means that now even Muggles know about the Leaky Cauldron, Diagon Alley, and Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Whether or not you've read about Harry, this unabridged audiobook brings his world to life. Reader Jim Dale brings an excellent range of voices to the characters, from well-meaning Hermione's soft, earnest voice to Malfoy's nasal droning; from Professor McGonagall's crisp brogue to Hagrid's broad Somerset accent; and from snarling Mr. Filch to p-p-poor, st-tuttering P-Professor Quirrel. Some of the characterizations are peculiar--why do the centaurs have Welsh accents?--but that's a small price to pay to hear one of the myriad ways to sing the Hogwarts School song. Harry Potter fans of all ages--Muggle or not--will enjoy curling up with a few chocolate frogs, a box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans ("Alas! Ear wax!"), and this marvelous, magical audiobook. (Running time: 8 hours, 6 cassettes) --Sunny Delaney Product Description
Unabridged on 6 Audio Cassettes!
Harry is summoned to attend an infamous school for wizards and he beings to discover some clues about his illustrious birthright. From the surprising way he is greeted by a lovable giant to the unique curriculum and colorful faculty at his unusual school, Harry finds himself drawn deep inside a mystical world he never knew existed and closer to his own noble destiny. | | | | Product Details
- Hardcover: 309 pages
- Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books; edition (Sep 1, 2023)
- ISBN: 0590353403
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 Based on 5011 reviews. - Amazon.com Sales Rank: 466
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Incredible reading for children and adults alike, May 19, 2023
I didn't think I'd ever find anything else that would satisfy my taste for mythopoeic fantasy on a par with Tolkien or C. S. Lewis's work. Rowling's Harry Potter series rates high marks in this regard.
I began reading once the first 3 books were in print so it's impossible for me to look at the book purely by itself. Everyone knows the basic story: Harry Potter finds out he is a wizard at age 11, that his deceased parents were also wizards. He is sent for by the famous Wizarding school, Hogwarts, where he begins to learn how to use magic and learn about the magical world, full of good wizards, bad wizards, goblins, spells and all sorts of magical creatures and objects.
What distinguishes a good wizards from a "dark" one? One thing to remember is that Rowling's original title is "The Philosopher's Stone" which should provide an enormous clue to the author's approach to magic and morality. The one historical character mentioned in the book, Nicholas Flamel, was a Christian Alchemist who alegedly produced the philosopher's stone and used the subsequent proceeds in gold for benevolent ends, e.g., giving money to the poor, etc. Putting Headmaster Albus Dumbledore in league with Flamel is a direct reference to Alchemy which has historically been seen as a neutral study which can be used for good or evil (Sir Isaac Newton was purportedly a "dark alchemist".)
One thing fantasy readers might appreciate about Harry Potter over the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is the amount of mystery involved in the destinies of the characters; we're always finding characters who might be bad or good or who were good and went bad - the moral development is more dynamic and in process as we see them making good and not so good choices.
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Brandon's book review for Harry Potter, May 17, 2023
i think the best part in harry potter was when they are playing the flying games in the air that cool.i think the kids that like magic books then they would like harry potter it got a lot of cool stuff like finding thing geting in trouble and lots of other stuff that cool so if you like magic books then you read Harry Potter!!!!!!!!!!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 Harry Potter, May 17, 2023
This book is very good for children who like adventure and magic and sometimes scarey. The book is about a boy named Harry whose parents are killed and now Harry has to live with his anut and uncle and their spoiled son Dudly. One day Harry founds out by a letter that he is execpted at Hogwarts the school of witch craft and wizardy. There he meets some new friends Ron and Hermione and some founds dangers that lay ahead for Harry. He also finds out more about his parents and his own life as well.
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
 Keep reading!, May 17, 2023
To all the people that bashed these books for reasons that they're too childish, steal ideas from other books etc.,please just keep that crap to yourself. #1 They were written for kids. #2 Theres not many fantasy books that can claim they have'nt taken ideas from other authors. From Dragonlance to Tad Williams Memory,Sorrow,Thorn trilogy almost everyone takes a little from Tolkien, or at the very least was inspired by his work. If you did'nt like the books so be it, just stop using these excuses. They're getting old fast!
I myself have not read any of these books,knowing that they were primarily meant for younger readers.I gave it a 3 because they won't let me give it a -. I can't really go one way or the other.I see no point in reading a book that I know will not find interesting at my age just so I can complain about it later. To all of you who like these books, keep reading. To those of you that don't, read something else. Better that someone read a bad book than sit in front of the t.v. all day.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
For the kid in each of us, May 16, 2023
Okay, so you probably know about the plot by now: Young mildly abused boy discovers that there is a secret world of witches and wizards, that he's not only one of them but he's revered among them, and to top it off that his parents never died in a car crash as he had been told all his life. So, he goes off to have adventures in a haunted castle-come-school full of everything magical and mysterious.
Maybe you liked books like 'The Famous Five' as a child, but will you like this kind of stuff now? Well, look at it like this: You like having a light read once in a while, don't you? You probably even catch yourself from time to time intently following some cartoon or children's programme that you have come across by random on the TV? So, put these two things together and it's safe to say you'll find the book to be an enjoyable and light-hearted diversion to your otherwise busy day, if nothing else.
But 'Harry Potter' is to 'The Famous Five' what 'Star Wars III' is to old re-runs of 'Lost in Space'. Things are simply a lot more intense these days, and Rowling keeps it as intense as it gets. This review might just as well apply to all the books that are currently in the series (five, until very shortly), and they each get more involved, more intense, and even more sinister as the plot thickens. By the third book (my favourite so far), the plot is beginning to get satisfyingly complex, and the fifth book leaves you counting the days to 16 July. This book transcends most systems of classification, as, if you don't normally like kids' books, it's still for you; if you don't normally like fantasy, it's still for you; if you don't normally like light reads, it's still for you; and if you don't normally follow everyone's insistence that something's for you, it's still for you!!! Go and read it.
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