Classic
4 stars
A great start to what became a great experience reading the series with my wife and oldest daughter over the next three years.
Hardcover, 422 pages
English language
Published Oct. 6, 1999 by Thorndike Press.
4 stars
(1 review)
Harry Potter has never been star of a Quidditch team, scoring points while riding a broom far above the ground. He knows no spells, has never helped to hatch a dragon, and has never worn a cloak of invisibility. All he knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son Dudley - a great big swollen spoiled bully. Harry's room is a tiny closet at the foot of the stairs, and he hasn't had a birthday party in eleven years. But all that is about to change when a mysterious letter arrives announcing that Harry has been chosen to attend Hogwarts, an elite school for the training of wizards and witches... (jacket flap)
Subjects
- Large type books
- Wizards -- Juvenile fiction
- Magic -- Juvenile fiction
- Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary place) -- Juvenile fiction
- Schools -- Juvenile fiction
- Wizards -- Fiction
- Magic -- Fiction
- Schools -- Fiction
- England -- Juvenile fiction
- England -- Fiction
- Large type books