This is a summary of the first book in the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (also known as "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in the United States):

Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone;

The story follows a young boy named Harry Potter, who lives a miserable life with his neglectful aunt, uncle, and cousin. On his eleventh birthday, Harry discovers that he is a wizard and receives an acceptance letter to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Despite initial resistance from his aunt and uncle, Harry embarks on a magical journey to Hogwarts.

At Hogwarts, Harry makes friends with Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley. He also learns about his past and the mysterious circumstances surrounding his parents' death. Harry discovers that he is famous in the wizarding world for surviving an attack by the dark wizard Voldemort as an infant.

Throughout the school year, Harry and his friends unravel secrets about the Philosopher's Stone, an object that grants immortality. They suspect that someone is trying to steal it for dark purposes. With the help of their knowledge and courage, Harry and his friends confront challenges, including traps set to protect the stone.

In the end, Harry faces Professor Quirrell, who is possessed by Voldemort. With the help of the stone's protective magic and the presence of love from his mother, Harry defeats Quirrell and prevents Voldemort from obtaining the stone. The story concludes with Harry returning to his aunt and uncle for the summer but looking forward to more adventures at Hogwarts in the future.

Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter 'H'. Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin! Having become classics of our time, the Harry Potter eBooks never fail to bring comfort and escapism. With their message of hope, belonging and the enduring power of truth and love, the story of the Boy Who Lived continues to delight generations of new readers.

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Harry Potter spent ten long years living with Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, an aunt and uncle whose outrageous favoritism of their perfectly awful son Dudley leads to some of the most inspired dark comedy since Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. But fortunately for Harry, he's about to be granted a scholarship to a unique boarding school called THE HOGWORTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY, where he will become a school hero at the game of Quidditch (a kind of aerial soccer played high above the ground on broomsticks), he will make some wonderful friends, and, unfortunately, a few terrible enemies. For although he seems to be getting your run-of-the-mill boarding school experience (well, ok, even that's pretty darn out of the ordinary), Harry Potter has a destiny that he was born to fulfill. A destiny that others would kill to keep him from.

Joanne Rowling CH OBE FRSL, also known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. She wrote Harry Potter, a seven-volume children's fantasy series published from 1997 to 2007.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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