Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: A Tale for the Ages

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	• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1) J.K. Rowling Arthur A. Levine Books, 2001 - 400 pages average customer review:based on 5433 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Harry Potter Book 1

I ordered this for my granddaughter and it arrived in great shape. I would order from this person again.
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Strane Surprises

Strange Surprises

M-magic? I- I'm a wizard? HUH?

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is about a boy who thinks he lives with three demons and it turns out he's a wizard! J.K. Rowling has done an outstanding job making this story. When Harry goes to Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry, he has a lot to learn. After all, fighting a three headed dog, a troll, and the most feared wizard of all is hard work!

My favorite part is when a boy named Nevile beats up Draco Malfoy, the school bully.

I think the author's purpose was to tell us that unexpected things happen in life. I believe this because of the surprise of Harry's magic.

I recommend this book to fantasy lovers. You know who you are, so read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone today!
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Harry Potter Book #1

Best book I have ever read. I can not stop reading this book. This book is very addicting. Every body who likes Fiction books should read this book. So buy this book NOW!!!!!! Please.

Still my favorite

Of the entire Harry Potter series, this is still my favorite one. Rowling created an entire new world, which is so vivid. I didn't start reading the Potter books until I was in college. So this is for children and adults. If you're looking for a book to read to your kids, this is it!

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: A Tale for the Ages

If you are reading this review you might as well just stop now and buy Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, you won't regret it. If you still need more encouragement, please proceed. You must be warned, though, this book tends to be addictive. So much so that one might have to continue and read the rest of the books in the series. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is a story about a young orphan wizard, Harry Potter, and his trials and experiences through the first year of his new school. It is masterfully written and portrays well the thoughts and emotions of a young adolescence. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by J. K. Rowling, is a fabulous tale of friendship and loyalty, courage, and love that people ages five to one hundred can enjoy.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is a wonderful example of the power of friendship and loyalty. In the beginning of the book Harry starts off as a sort of a social outcast. He has almost no friends mainly because his cousin, Dudley, does not allow it. Yet with the revelation that he has been accepted to Hogwarts Harry has a chance to start again in finding friends. Almost immediately after Harry heads to Hogwarts he meets Ron Weasly, a tall, skinny first year with flaming red hair. They hit it off right from the beginning and throughout the course of the book their friendship grows. This duo becomes a trio when they become friends with Hermione Granger, a bookish know it all also in her first year of school. These three have many adventures together. Through these adventures they become very close. Hermione and Ron stick with Harry throughout all his troubles. Once when Harry was playing Quidditch, the wizard sport of choice, someone jinxed his broom making it try to buck him off while he was at least one hundred feet in the air. Hermione and Ron see this and go to Harry's rescue. They find the perpetrator and set fire to his robes. This was just enough for Harry to break free. Another example of loyalty and friendship is when Hagrid, the gamekeeper and one of Harry, Ron, and Hermione's friends, gets himself in a pickle. Harry, Ron, and Hermione are there to help him out. They put their reputation on the line to save his. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone contains many great examples of friendship and loyalty.

Courage is present throughout the whole of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts, says of courage, "There are two kinds of courage. It it takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends." These two kinds of courage are found multiple times. Harry definitely does not lack courage. He faces many challenges in his first year of school. He puts his life on line when he goes to save the school from the Dark Lord Voldemort. Since his name is strikes fear in the wizarding world he will now be referred to as You-Know-Who. You-Know-Who is the most feared wizard of his time. He was the one who killed Harry's parents. Harry, when younger, was able, through help from his mother, to strip You-Know-Who of his powers. You-Know-Who wants to rise to power again and needs something from the school to do so. Harry, Hermione, and Ron go to stop You-Know-Who knowing full well that three first year wizards have little chance of stopping one of the most powerful wizards of all time. Eventually it ends up Harry facing You-Know-Who alone. Harry does not shrink from this responsibility and fights nobly and ends up defeating him. Neville Longbottom, a round faced first year, is an example of the courage of standing up to friends. When Harry, Ron, and Hermione are sneaking out after hours, Neville catches wind that they are doing this and, knowing that it is wrong, tries to stop them. This took a great deal of courage on Neville's part because he had always been timid. He knew what the others were doing was wrong, though, so he stood up to them. Both physical and moral courage are found many times in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

Love is the main theme of the Harry Potter series including Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. It is through love that Harry is able to stand up to You-Know-Who. Through love Harry is able to make friends. Love is the reason his friends stick with him through thick and thin. Harry's mother sacrificed herself to save Harry. The love that she showed protected Harry from You-Know-Who's first attack and it protects him throughout his life. This is because one marked with hatred, greed, and unrighteous ambition can not harm "a person marked by something so good." This something is love. Love, according to Dumbledore, is the most powerful magic of all.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is a wonderful book. It teaches great lessons of love, courage, friendship, and loyalty. It is fun to read and can be enjoyed by those off almost all ages. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is the start of a wonderful adventure.

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