“Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”, also called ”Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”, the first novel in the immensely popular Harry Potter series by British writer J.K. Rowling.
It was first published in Britain in 1997 and appeared in the United States the following year under the title “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”.
The book’s imaginative story line about a boy wizard made it an enduring hit with both children and adults.
Escape to Hogwarts with the unmissable series that has sparked a lifelong reading journey for children and families all over the world.
Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle.
Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
The magic starts here!
