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Subject(s)

• Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary organization)—Juvenile fiction [Browse]
• Wizards—Juvenile fiction [Browse]
• Magic—Juvenile fiction [Browse]
• Boarding schools—Juvenile fiction [Browse]
• England—Juvenile fiction [Browse]
• Potter, Harry (Fictitious character)—Juvenile fiction [Browse]
• Granger, Hermione (Fictitious character)—Juvenile fiction [Browse]
• Weasley, Ron (Fictitious character)—Juvenile fiction [Browse]

Illustrator

• Kay, Jim (Illustrator) [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Fantasy fiction [Browse]

Summary note

Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Notes

• Originally published in a slightly different form in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury in 1997 under title: Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone.
• Sequel: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

Target audience

Middle School.

Study program information

Accelerated Reader 5.5.

Contents

• The boy who lived
• The vanishing glass
• The letters from no one
• The keeper of the keys
• Diagon Alley
• The journey from platform nine and three-quarters
• The sorting hat
• The potions master
• The midnight duel
• Hallowe'en
• Quidditch
• The mirror of Erised
• Nicholas Flamel
• Norbert the Norwegian ridgeback
• The forbidden forest
• Through the trapdoor
• The man with two faces.

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ISBN

• 9780545790352 ((hardback))
• 0545790352 ((hardback))

LCCN

2015009929

OCLC

904801330

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