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HOW IT ALL BEGAN: Say you've spent the first 10 years of your life sleeping
under the stairs of a family who loathes you. Then, in an absurd, magical twist
of fate you find yourself surrounded by wizards, a caged snowy owl, a
phoenix-feather wand, and jellybeans that come in every flavor, including
strawberry, curry, grass, and sardine. Not only that, but you discover that you
are a wizard yourself! This is exactly what happens to young Harry Potter in
J.K. Rowling's enchanting, funny debut novel, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
Stone. In the nonmagic human world--the world of "Muggles"--Harry is a
nobody, treated like dirt by the aunt and uncle who begrudgingly inherited him
when his parents were killed by the evil Voldemort. But in the world of wizards,
small, skinny Harry is famous as a survivor of the wizard who tried to kill him.
He is left only with a lightning-bolt scar on his forehead, curiously refined
sensibilities, and a host of mysterious powers to remind him that he's quite,
yes, altogether different from his aunt, uncle, and spoiled, piglike cousin
Dudley. A mysterious letter, delivered by the friendly giant Hagrid, wrenches
Harry from his dreary, Muggle-ridden existence: "We are pleased to inform you
that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
--Karin Snelson
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