Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
by J.K. Rowling

5/5 (duh)

336 pages

Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin! 

I'm so excited to start these again.  :)  Jim Dale totally rocks.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

When Harry Potter, an 11-year-old orphan, discovers he is a wizard and is whisked away to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he is elated to escape his neglectful aunt and uncle. Even within the Wizarding community, Harry is famous, albeit for something he cannot recall: As a baby, he mysteriously managed to defeat Lord Voldemort, the Darkest wizard ever to haunt the Wizarding world. Not everything is perfect, however. The walls of Hogwarts contain secrets of their own, including an object known as the Sorcerer's Stone. But Harry is determined the Stone will not fall into the wrong hands, and in his desire to protect the Stone and those he loves, Harry comes face to face with terrifying forces beyond his wildest dreams.

Book 1 in the Harry Potter series. 320 pages.