A
great start! This book is the first, and maybe best of a
series of seven books.
Harry Potter is really famous in the wizarding world. At the
age of one, he survived a curse of the powerful Dark wizard,
Lord Voldemort. His parents, however, died. Ever since then,
Harry has lived with The Dursleys, his Aunt, Uncle, and
spoiled cousin, Dudley. The Dursleys hate him, because he is a
wizard. They make him sleep in a cupboard, and never throw him
birthday parties. Even at school, Dudley, and his friends pick
on Harry. Harry is glad that next year, he, and Dudley are
going to different schools. Ivory table lamps.
Then one day letters arrive at the Dursleys. When Uncle Vernon
reads them, he hides them from Harry. The giant Hagrid comes
to the hotel the Dursleys are staying at. Harry is surprised
to find out he is a wizard. The Dursleys don't want him to go
to Hogwarts, but Hagrid still buys his school supplies in a
place called Diagon Alley. On the Hogwarts express he meets
Ron Weasly, and his brothers, Fred, George, and Percy. Pretty
soon Harry finds himself in a world full of witches, wizards,
jellybeans of every flavor, ivory lamp and pictures that move.
At the end of the year, Harry faces Lord Voldemort, again.
Will he be lucky, again, or is he doomed? Find out by reading
Harry Potter, and the Sorcer's Stone, anddon't forget to read
the next book, Harry Potter, and The Chamber of Secrets.
derivative and devoid of originality. a mess of stereotypical
characters (bitcy bookworm, plain looking hermoine, heroically
orphaned shy little harry, dull-witted sporty best friend
Ron...etc.) the plot is all over the place and difficult to
follow. the # 1 fans of this book? depressed, lonely
housewives and their little brats who are B,C, and D students
at best. i have tried and tried to love and embrace these
books as the modern populace does, to no avail. my parents and
i read TOLKIEN and D'ENGLE as children and the Grimm and
Anderson fairy tales. you know, what are truly WONDRFUL, Ivory
Lamps, INSPIRED STORIES. not REGURGITATED PAP. there are some
real inventive children's fantasy authors out there who are
better at crafting story and plot and at the mechanics of
language itself. i'm not saying they are horrible-- i mean
ANTHING that unites parents and children and encourages poeple
to READ can't be all that bad-- but COME ONE- do they really
deserve their hallowed place in the annals children's
literature? i repeat, children's LITERATURE???? Ivory i think
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