Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by Jk Rowling
When a letter arrives for unhappy but ordinary Harry Potter, a decade-old secret is revealed to him that apparently he's the last to know. His parents were wizards, killed by a Dark Lord's curse when Harry was just a baby, and which he somehow survived. Escaping his hideous Muggle guardians for Hogwarts, a wizarding school brimming with ghosts and enchantments, Harry stumbles upon a sinister adventure when he finds a three-headed dog guarding a room on the third floor. Then he hears of a missing stone with astonishing powers which could be valuable, dangerous, or both.
'Funny, imaginative, magical Rowling has woken up a whole generation to readingIn the 2020s, thirty-something book-lovers will know each other by smug references to Diagon Alley and Quidditch' The Times 'And you thought wizardry was for children. Harry Potter will make you think again. He casts his spells on grown-ups too' James Naughtie
Since publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 1997, the Harry Potter novels have sold 350 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 64 languages. J.K. Rowling has generated huge popular appeal for her books across the generations in an unprecedented fashion: she was the first children's author to be voted the BA Author of the Year, and also to win the British Book Awards Author of the Year.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780747542988 |
| ISBN 10 | 0747542988 |
| Title | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
| Author | J K Rowling |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 1998-09-11 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Prizes | Winner of Whitaker Platinum Book Award 2001, Winner of Smarties Book Prize Gold Award 1997, Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003, Short-listed for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003, Short-listed for Guardian Children's Fiction Award 1998, Short-listed for LA Carnegie Medal 1998 |
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