When a letter arrives for unhappy but ordinary Harry Potter, a decade-old secret is revealed to him that apparently he's the last to know. His parents were wizards, killed by a Dark Lord's curse when Harry was just a baby, and which he somehow survived. Escaping his hideous Muggle guardians for Hogwarts, a wizarding school brimming with ghosts and enchantments, Harry stumbles upon 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.
| ISBN | 0747574472 | | Part volume | Adult Edition | | ISBN13 | 9780747574477
(What's this?) | | Published in | London | | Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | | Previous ISBN | 9780747542988 | | Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | | Height (mm) | 178 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 111 | | Publication date | 10 Jul 2004 | | Spine width (mm) | 20 | | DEWEY | 823.914 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Interest age | From 9 To 11 | | Pages | 336 | |
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'Funny, imaginative, magical ... Rowling has woken up a whole generation to reading. In the 2020s, thirty-something book-lovers will know each other by smug references to Diagon Alley and Quidditch' The Times 'Has all the makings of a classic ... Rowling uses classic narrative devices with flair and originality and delivers a complex and demanding plot in the form of a hugely entertaining thriller' Scotsman 'Full of surprises and jokes; comparisons with Dahl are, this time, justified' Sunday Times 'And you thought wizardry was for children. Harry Potter will make you think again. He casts his spells on grown-ups too' James Naughtie
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