Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Edition: paperback edition (1)
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781408849927
Copyright date: 2000
Description: Strange things always seem to happen when Harry Potter is around. Things that unsettle his guardians, the Dursleys. They strongly disapprove of strangeness. It's only when a letter arrives, delivered by a shaggy giant of a man called Hagrid, that Harry learns the truth that will transform his entire future: his parents were killed by the evil Lord Voldemort, and he, Harry, is a wizard.

Whisked away to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry discovers a world of enchantments, ghosts, Qyidditch, and friends who will stand, throughout everything, by his side. But when Harry hears of a stone with great powers, he finds that his school has its own dark secrets -- and an adventure that will become the stuff of legend begins ...
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