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Book Review of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, Bk 1)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, Bk 1)
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Harry Potter has never played a sport while flying on a broomstick. He's never worn a cloak of invisibility, beffriended a gian, or helped hatch a dragon. All Harry knows is a miserable llife with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abomina le son, Dudley. Harry's room is a tiny closet at the foot of the stairs, and he hasn't had a birthday party in eleven years. jBut all that is about to change when a mysterious letter arrives by owl messenger: a letter with an invitation to a wonderful place he never dreamed existed. There he finds not only friends, aerial sport, and magic around every corner, but a great destiny that's been waiting for him... if Harry can survive the encounter