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- Harry Potter Book 1
I ordered this for my granddaughter and it arrived in great shape. I would order from this person again.
Thanks!
Rating: - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: A Tale for the Ages
If you are reading this review you might as well just stop now and buy Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, you won't regret it. If you still need more encouragement, please proceed. You must be warned, though, this book tends to be addictive. So much so that one might have to continue and read the rest of the books in the series. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is a story about a young orphan wizard, Harry Potter, and his trials and experiences through the first year of his new school. It is masterfully written and portrays well the thoughts and emotions of a young adolescence. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by J. K. Rowling, is a fabulous tale of friendship and loyalty, courage, and love that people ages five to one hundred can enjoy.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is a wonderful example of the power of friendship and loyalty. In the beginning of the book Harry starts off as a sort of a social outcast. He has almost no friends mainly because his cousin, Dudley, does not allow it. Yet with the revelation that he has been accepted to Hogwarts Harry has a chance to start again in finding friends. Almost immediately after Harry heads to Hogwarts he meets Ron Weasly, a tall, skinny first year with flaming red hair. They hit it off right from the beginning and throughout the course of the book their friendship grows. This duo becomes a trio when they become friends with Hermione Granger, a bookish know it all also in her first year of school. These three have many adventures together. Through these adventures they become very close. Hermione and Ron stick with Harry throughout all his troubles. Once when Harry was playing Quidditch, the wizard sport of choice, someone jinxed his broom making it try to buck him off while he was at least one hundred feet in the air. Hermione and Ron see this and go to Harry's rescue. They find the perpetrator and set fire to his robes. This was just enough for Harry to break free. Another example of loyalty and friendship is when Hagrid, the gamekeeper and one of Harry, Ron, and Hermione's friends, gets himself in a pickle. Harry, Ron, and Hermione are there to help him out. They put their reputation on the line to save his. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone contains many great examples of friendship and loyalty.
Courage is present throughout the whole of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts, says of courage, "There are two kinds of courage. It it takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends." These two kinds of courage are found multiple times. Harry definitely does not lack courage. He faces many challenges in his first year of school. He puts his life on line when he goes to save the school from the Dark Lord Voldemort. Since his name is strikes fear in the wizarding world he will now be referred to as You-Know-Who. You-Know-Who is the most feared wizard of his time. He was the one who killed Harry's parents. Harry, when younger, was able, through help from his mother, to strip You-Know-Who of his powers. You-Know-Who wants to rise to power again and needs something from the school to do so. Harry, Hermione, and Ron go to stop You-Know-Who knowing full well that three first year wizards have little chance of stopping one of the most powerful wizards of all time. Eventually it ends up Harry facing You-Know-Who alone. Harry does not shrink from this responsibility and fights nobly and ends up defeating him. Neville Longbottom, a round faced first year, is an example of the courage of standing up to friends. When Harry, Ron, and Hermione are sneaking out after hours, Neville catches wind that they are doing this and, knowing that it is wrong, tries to stop them. This took a great deal of courage on Neville's part because he had always been timid. He knew what the others were doing was wrong, though, so he stood up to them. Both physical and moral courage are found many times in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
Love is the main theme of the Harry Potter series including Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. It is through love that Harry is able to stand up to You-Know-Who. Through love Harry is able to make friends. Love is the reason his friends stick with him through thick and thin. Harry's mother sacrificed herself to save Harry. The love that she showed protected Harry from You-Know-Who's first attack and it protects him throughout his life. This is because one marked with hatred, greed, and unrighteous ambition can not harm "a person marked by something so good." This something is love. Love, according to Dumbledore, is the most powerful magic of all.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is a wonderful book. It teaches great lessons of love, courage, friendship, and loyalty. It is fun to read and can be enjoyed by those off almost all ages. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is the start of a wonderful adventure.
Rating: - Entering Adventure
I think she (J.K.Rowling) wrote a wonderful story. I have seen my own university life in this book. Friendship selection , the goods and bads , hated lessons and teachers :D , happiness and sadness all inside.
I bet that first you think this is a children book. Yes it is but it is for adults who would like to return their young ages. Just ignore them whom says it is only for children because they are too old to understand being and living like a child in about their whole life.
Happy reading ...
Rating: - Promising Beginning of a Popular Series
JK Rowling had beginner's luck with "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." It's a breezy,easy read. Her vocabulary might not be sophisticated and her descriptions tend to be overlong...but it works as a children's book,and most specifically,as fantasy.
In the beginning,Harry Potter is like any other 11 yr old boy. He grows up in middle-class England,thinking he's nothing special. However,he is able to leap onto roofs to escape bullies and speak to snakes at the zoo. Still,he doesn't see anything distinctive. Then he receives letters from owls inviting him to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. A giant named Rubeus Hagrid comes to his house on Privet Drive to inform him of his chosen status.
Harry's adventures on Diagon Alley,to Platform 9 3/4,on the Hogwarts Express,and his first Quidditch games are exhilarating and fun. Rowling adds whimsy with Bertie's Every Flavored Beans and Chocolate Frogs. His friends, Ron and Hermione,have distinctive personalities and bring the reader in. There's the wise Dumbledore,the snippy Snape,and no-nonsense McGonagall. Rowling keeps the action going,and the plot simple. It reads as a good detective story-a Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys story with fantastical elements as Harry,Ron&Hermione search for the Sorcerer's Stone. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" works as a fun fantasy story,innocent and unburdened with politics.It worked in the beginning...
Rating: - Harry The Heroic
This book is the best book I've ever read! J.K.Rowling is such a good author! Harry is 10-11 in this book. He has two friends in this book, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. He lives with his fat cousin Dudley and his mean Aunt and Uncle. These are the Dursleys. I loved the part when Gryffindor beats Slytherin in a Quidich match. There's a surprise at the end of the book, but if you want to find out what happens READ THIS BOOK!!!!!
- Harry Potter Book 1I ordered this for my granddaughter and it arrived in great shape. I would order from this person again.
Thanks!
Rating:
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: A Tale for the AgesIf you are reading this review you might as well just stop now and buy Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, you won't regret it. If you still need more encouragement, please proceed. You must be warned, though, this book tends to be addictive. So much so that one might have to continue and read the rest of the books in the series. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is a story about a young orphan wizard, Harry Potter, and his trials and experiences through the first year of his new school. It is masterfully written and portrays well the thoughts and emotions of a young adolescence. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by J. K. Rowling, is a fabulous tale of friendship and loyalty, courage, and love that people ages five to one hundred can enjoy.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is a wonderful example of the power of friendship and loyalty. In the beginning of the book Harry starts off as a sort of a social outcast. He has almost no friends mainly because his cousin, Dudley, does not allow it. Yet with the revelation that he has been accepted to Hogwarts Harry has a chance to start again in finding friends. Almost immediately after Harry heads to Hogwarts he meets Ron Weasly, a tall, skinny first year with flaming red hair. They hit it off right from the beginning and throughout the course of the book their friendship grows. This duo becomes a trio when they become friends with Hermione Granger, a bookish know it all also in her first year of school. These three have many adventures together. Through these adventures they become very close. Hermione and Ron stick with Harry throughout all his troubles. Once when Harry was playing Quidditch, the wizard sport of choice, someone jinxed his broom making it try to buck him off while he was at least one hundred feet in the air. Hermione and Ron see this and go to Harry's rescue. They find the perpetrator and set fire to his robes. This was just enough for Harry to break free. Another example of loyalty and friendship is when Hagrid, the gamekeeper and one of Harry, Ron, and Hermione's friends, gets himself in a pickle. Harry, Ron, and Hermione are there to help him out. They put their reputation on the line to save his. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone contains many great examples of friendship and loyalty.
Courage is present throughout the whole of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts, says of courage, "There are two kinds of courage. It it takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends." These two kinds of courage are found multiple times. Harry definitely does not lack courage. He faces many challenges in his first year of school. He puts his life on line when he goes to save the school from the Dark Lord Voldemort. Since his name is strikes fear in the wizarding world he will now be referred to as You-Know-Who. You-Know-Who is the most feared wizard of his time. He was the one who killed Harry's parents. Harry, when younger, was able, through help from his mother, to strip You-Know-Who of his powers. You-Know-Who wants to rise to power again and needs something from the school to do so. Harry, Hermione, and Ron go to stop You-Know-Who knowing full well that three first year wizards have little chance of stopping one of the most powerful wizards of all time. Eventually it ends up Harry facing You-Know-Who alone. Harry does not shrink from this responsibility and fights nobly and ends up defeating him. Neville Longbottom, a round faced first year, is an example of the courage of standing up to friends. When Harry, Ron, and Hermione are sneaking out after hours, Neville catches wind that they are doing this and, knowing that it is wrong, tries to stop them. This took a great deal of courage on Neville's part because he had always been timid. He knew what the others were doing was wrong, though, so he stood up to them. Both physical and moral courage are found many times in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
Love is the main theme of the Harry Potter series including Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. It is through love that Harry is able to stand up to You-Know-Who. Through love Harry is able to make friends. Love is the reason his friends stick with him through thick and thin. Harry's mother sacrificed herself to save Harry. The love that she showed protected Harry from You-Know-Who's first attack and it protects him throughout his life. This is because one marked with hatred, greed, and unrighteous ambition can not harm "a person marked by something so good." This something is love. Love, according to Dumbledore, is the most powerful magic of all.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is a wonderful book. It teaches great lessons of love, courage, friendship, and loyalty. It is fun to read and can be enjoyed by those off almost all ages. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is the start of a wonderful adventure.
Rating:
- Entering AdventureI think she (J.K.Rowling) wrote a wonderful story. I have seen my own university life in this book. Friendship selection , the goods and bads , hated lessons and teachers :D , happiness and sadness all inside.
I bet that first you think this is a children book. Yes it is but it is for adults who would like to return their young ages. Just ignore them whom says it is only for children because they are too old to understand being and living like a child in about their whole life.
Happy reading ...
Rating:
- Promising Beginning of a Popular SeriesJK Rowling had beginner's luck with "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." It's a breezy,easy read. Her vocabulary might not be sophisticated and her descriptions tend to be overlong...but it works as a children's book,and most specifically,as fantasy.
In the beginning,Harry Potter is like any other 11 yr old boy. He grows up in middle-class England,thinking he's nothing special. However,he is able to leap onto roofs to escape bullies and speak to snakes at the zoo. Still,he doesn't see anything distinctive. Then he receives letters from owls inviting him to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. A giant named Rubeus Hagrid comes to his house on Privet Drive to inform him of his chosen status.
Harry's adventures on Diagon Alley,to Platform 9 3/4,on the Hogwarts Express,and his first Quidditch games are exhilarating and fun. Rowling adds whimsy with Bertie's Every Flavored Beans and Chocolate Frogs. His friends, Ron and Hermione,have distinctive personalities and bring the reader in. There's the wise Dumbledore,the snippy Snape,and no-nonsense McGonagall. Rowling keeps the action going,and the plot simple. It reads as a good detective story-a Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys story with fantastical elements as Harry,Ron&Hermione search for the Sorcerer's Stone. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" works as a fun fantasy story,innocent and unburdened with politics.It worked in the beginning...
Rating:
- Harry The HeroicThis book is the best book I've ever read! J.K.Rowling is such a good author! Harry is 10-11 in this book. He has two friends in this book, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. He lives with his fat cousin Dudley and his mean Aunt and Uncle. These are the Dursleys. I loved the part when Gryffindor beats Slytherin in a Quidich match. There's a surprise at the end of the book, but if you want to find out what happens READ THIS BOOK!!!!!
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