Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
By: by J.K. Rowling ; illustrations by Mary GrandPré.
Contributors: GrandPré, Mary, ill.
Edition: First Scholastic trade paperback printing
Series: Harry Potter, #1
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 1999-09
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780590353427
Copyright date: 1998
Subjects: Witches -- Fiction; Wizards -- Fiction; Schools -- Fiction; Potter, Harry (Fictitious character); Witches -- Fiction; Wizards -- Fiction; Schools -- Fiction; England -- Fiction; England -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Work titles: Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone
Description: Harry Potter has never played a sport while flying on a broomstick. He's never worn a cloak of invisibility, befriended a giant, or helped hatch a dragon. All Harry knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, Dudley. 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 change when a mysterious letter arrives by owl messenger: a letter with an invitation to a wonderful place he never dreamed existed. There he finds not only friends, aerial sports, and magic around every corner, but a great destiny that's been waiting for him...if Harry can survive the encounter.
(back cover)
Notes: "First Scholastic trade paperback printing, September 1999"--T.p. verso.

Sequel: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.