Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
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The British author, J.K. Rowling (Joanne Kathleen Rowling) graduated from Exeter University in 1990 and moved to Portugal to teach English. She moved to Edinburgh three years later because of her divorce bringing her daughter Jessica with her. As Rowling was a single mother and unemployed, she worked to support herself and her daughter. Then she began to write that ultimately became the best-selling Harry Potter novels. One of her writings is Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, with the title changed to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, appeared in 1998 from Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic.
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When wizards rejoiced all over the world eleven years ago then, Voldemort, the evilest wizard around, killed Harry Potter’s parents, James Potter and Lilly Potter. However he couldn’t kill Harry. Dumbledore, the principal of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Professor McGonagall, a teacher at the Hogwarts and Hagrid, a groundskeeper at the Hogwarts, find a home for Harry with his Muggle (normal people) extended family, the Dursleys who later turns out to be mean to him. Somehow on his 11th birthday, Harry comes to know that he is a wizard by Hagrid, the groundskeeper at Hogwarts and he is admitted to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Hogwards is the school for the wizards headed by Dumbledore, an old man. Hogwards was founded by 4 great wizards and they are Gryffindor, Hufflepuf, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. To honor these four wizards, Hogwards consist of four groups, each founder represents one group and the students who are studying in the Hogwards are put in any of these four groups. There will be points for the team if any of the members outsmart and points will be taken if any broke the rule. At the end of the year, the House cup will be given to the team with maximum points. Harry was in Gryffindor’s team. In the Hogwarts, Harry meets Ron Weasly and Hermoine Granger who turn out to be his best friends. At one...
Summary
When wizards rejoiced all over the world eleven years ago then, Voldemort, the evilest wizard around, killed Harry Potter’s parents, James Potter and Lilly Potter. However he couldn’t kill Harry. Dumbledore, the principal of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Professor McGonagall, a teacher at the Hogwarts and Hagrid, a groundskeeper at the Hogwarts, find a home for Harry with his Muggle (normal people) extended family, the Dursleys who later turns out to be mean to him. Somehow on his 11th birthday, Harry comes to know that he is a wizard by Hagrid, the groundskeeper at Hogwarts and he is admitted to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Hogwards is the school for the wizards headed by Dumbledore, an old man. Hogwards was founded by 4 great wizards and they are Gryffindor, Hufflepuf, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. To honor these four wizards, Hogwards consist of four groups, each founder represents one group and the students who are studying in the Hogwards are put in any of these four groups. There will be points for the team if any of the members outsmart and points will be taken if any broke the rule. At the end of the year, the House cup will be given to the team with maximum points. Harry was in Gryffindor’s team. In the Hogwarts, Harry meets Ron Weasly and Hermoine Granger who turn out to be his best friends. At one...