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When a letter arrives for unhappy but ordinary Harry Potter, a decade-old secret is revealed to him. His parents were wizards, killed by a Dark Lord’s curse when Harry was just a baby, and which he somehow survived. Escaping from his unbearable Muggle guardians to Hogwarts, a wizarding school brimming with ghosts and enchantments, Harry stumbles into a sinister adventure when he finds a three-headed dog guarding a room on the third floor. Then he hears of a missing stone with astonishing powers which could be valuable, dangerous, or both.

“The saga of Harry Potter and his creator has almost reached the status of myth … The books strike as deeply as the most timeless fairy tales. Harry and his friends seem intensely real-parents report a frequent refrain of ‘they’re just like us.'” -Maclean’s

“A richly imagined world to which young readers will surrender themselves, and one of the most attractive heroes to come around in a long while.” -Globe and Mail

“Harry Potter is the biggest phenomenon in kids’ publishing for decades … Rowling has taken a classic formula and given it a contemporary (but not too contemporary) twist, where the hero crosses the boundary from the day-to-day mundanity to a world of magic and wonder.” -Vancouver Sun