Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

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This is the book that started it all.  One very imaginative, fanciful story about an ordinary boy who finds out that he is a wizard, and that hidden within his own world is another, unknown world of witches, wizards, and magic.  I stumbled across this book while cleaning the basement last month, and I've been rereading the series.  I enjoyed the movies - but the books just have so much more to offer - so much more depth of detail and plot that is necessary to help see the overall picture of the book.  If you haven't spent some time with Harry, Ron, and Hermoine lately, you might want to go back and spend some time with them!

Harry Potter is known as "The Boy Who Lived" among the Wizarding Community.  One dark night, when Harry was a year old, a dark wizard known as "He Who Must Not Be Named" showed up at the Potter's house with the express purpose of killing young Harry.  While both of Harry's parents died that night, Harry survived - and He Who Must Not Be Named disappeared.

Harry lived a quiet life with his mother's sister and her family - the Dursleys - and they were determined to stamp that magic nonsense out of him so that he would never know what he - or his parents truly were.

The joyful romp into the world of magic begins when Harry receives an owl from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, letting him know that classes will be beginning soon, what school supplies he will need, and where to catch the train for school.

Come and join Harry as he discovers the world of magic.  Discover the wonder of Quidditch, and the charms of a very old school peopled by students, eccentric professors, and ghosts.

While Harry revels in the challenge of a new school and new friends, there seems to be a dark presence lurking in the background that is slowly taking shape.

Is it true?  Could it be possible?  Is the dark wizard slowly taking shape once again?  Has he come back in order to finish the job he started on Harry?  Find out in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.