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Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
is the first novel in the Harry Potter series written by
J. K. Rowling
and featuring
Harry Potter
, a young wizard. The book describes how
Harry Potter
discovers he is a wizard, makes close friends and a few enemies at the
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
, and with the help of his friends thwarts an attempted comeback by the evil wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed
Harry Potter
's parents when Harry was one year old.
Before the start of the novel, Voldemort, considered the most evil and powerful dark wizard in history, killed
Harry Potter
's parents but mysteriously vanished after trying to kill the infant Harry. While the wizarding world was celebrating Voldemort's downfall, Professor Dumbledore placed the one year-old orphan in the care of his Muggle uncle and aunt.
For ten years, they and their son Dudley neglected, tormented and abused
Harry Potter
. Shortly before Harry's eleventh birthday, a series of letters addressed to Harry arrive, but Vernon destroys them before
Harry Potter
can read them. To get away from the letters, Vernon takes the family to a small island. As they are settling in, Hagrid bursts through the door to tell
Harry Potter
what the Dursleys have kept him from finding out: Harry is a wizard and has been accepted at Hogwarts.
Hagrid takes
Harry Potter
to Diagon Alley, a magically-concealed shopping precinct in London, where
Harry Potter
is bewildered to discover how famous he is among wizards as "the boy who lived".
Harry Potter
also finds that he is quite wealthy ... (Summary by Wikipedia)
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