Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (known as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone outside the U.S.) is the first of seven novels in the Harry Potter series by British author J.K. Rowling. It centers around Harry Potter, whose parents, James and Lily Potter, were a respected wizard and witch until murdered by the dark lord named Voldemort. Harry survived the attack through his mother's love, and was taken to live with his aunt and uncle, Petunia and Vernon, and their son, his cousin Dudley. This is where the novel begins. Petunia and Vernon mistreat Harry, but he is rescued from their outrageous neglect when he becomes of the appropriate age to enter the famed wizard Albus Dumbledore's wizardry school, Hogwarts. Hagrid, a teacher at Hogwarts, comes to take Harry from his borderline abusive uncle and aunt.
Harry makes friends at Hogwarts in the forms of fellow students Ron Weasley and Hermione Grainger but also makes enemies in the form of fellow student Draco Malfoy and the sinister Hogwarts teacher Snape, both of whom are ruthless bullies. In the novel Hogwarts is divided into four houses, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Harry is in Gryffindor and dislikes the Slytherins in the novel, and Hagrid tells him that "there's not witch or wizard who went bad who wasn't in Slytherin, You-Know-Who was one", referring to the Dark Lord Voldemort. Snape is the head of Slytherin, and Draco is a Slytherin student. Harry also finds out about an object called the sorcerer's stone which will make its user immmortal. Harry begins to suspect that Snape is trying to steal it. He goes past the obstacles to it to head Snape off only to discover that Quirrell, a different teacher, was the person seeking to steal the stone, not Snape.
A film version of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, directed by Chris Columbus, was released in 2001. It was nominated for three Academy Awards.[1]
