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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

J. K. Rowling/Fantasy

by Bloomsbury, 26 June 1997

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K.
Rowling. The first novel in the Harry Potter series and Rowling's debut novel, it follows Harry
Potter, a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday, when he
receives a letter of acceptance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry makes
close friends and a few enemies during his first year at the school, and with the help of his
friends, he faces an attempted comeback by the dark wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's
parents, but failed to kill Harry when he was just 15 months old.

Harry Potter lives with his abusive aunt and uncle, Vernon and Petunia Dursley and their
bullying son, Dudley. On Harry's eleventh birthday, a half-giant named Rubeus
Hagrid personally delivers an acceptance letter to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry,
revealing that Harry's parents, James and Lily Potter, were wizards. When Harry was one year
old, an evil and powerful dark wizard, Lord Voldemort, murdered his parents. Harry survived
Voldemort's killing curse that rebounded off his forehead and seemingly destroyed the Dark
Lord, leaving a lightning bolt-shaped scar on his forehead. Unknown to Harry, he is famous in
the wizarding world.

The moral value of this novel is that friendship should not differentiate between the rich and the
poor, greed will never bring good and the cheater will eventually lose.