At the young age of ten, Harry Potter has seen more cruelty and hatred than most grown adults. Ever since he was a baby, Harry has been living a miserable existence at #4 Privet Drive. His parents, Lily & James, were supposedly killed in a car crash - or at least that's what his awful Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon told him. And even since, Harry has been residing in the cupboard under the stairs, at the mercy of his cruel cousin Dudley.
Every day, Harry dreams of someone coming to take him away from Little Whinging, and on the night of his eleventh birthday, his wish comes true. For it is this night that Harry finds out that he is a wizard, and that his parents were actually murdered by the evil Lord Voldemort, who lost all his powers mysteriously when he tried to kill baby Harry. Soon Harry will be off to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry, the finest magical institute in Great Britain, to discover his true potential.
During his first year at Hogwarts, Harry will find out who he truly is and what really happened on the night his parents died. But can his newfound friends Ron & Hermione and his natural talents help him defeat, once again, the most evil wizard that ever lived?
Title UK: Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone
Title US: Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone
Number of Pages: 223
Year Released UK: 1997
Year Released US: 1998
Number of Chapters: 17
Publisher UK: Bloomsbury
Publisher US: Scholastic
Cover Art UK: Thomas Taylor
Cover Art US: Mary GrandPré
Chapter 1: The Boy Who Lived
Chapter 2: The Vanishing Glass
Chapter 3: The Letters from No One
Chapter 4: The Keeper of the Keys
Chapter 5: Diagon Alley
Chapter 6: The Journey from Platform Nine & Three Quarters
Chapter 7: The Sorting Hat
Chapter 8: The Potions Master
Chapter 9: The Midnight Duel
Chapter 10: Halloween (Hallowe'en)
Chapter 11: Quidditch
Chapter 12: The Mirror of Erised
Chapter 13: Nicholas Flamel
Chapter 14: Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback
Chapter 15: The Forbidden Forest
Chapter 16: Through the Trapdoor
Chapter 17: The Man with Two Faces