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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com:
Say you’ve spent the first 10 years of your life sleeping under the stairs of a family who loathes you. Then, in an absurd, magical twist of fate you find yourself surrounded by wizards, a caged snowy owl, a phoenix-feather wand, and jellybeans that come in every flavor, including strawberry, curry, grass, and sardine. Not only that, but you discover that you are a wizard yourself! This is exactly what happens to young Harry Potter in J.K. Rowling’s enchanting, funny debut novel, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. In the nonmagic human world–the world of “Muggles”–Harry is a nobody, treated like dirt by the aunt and uncle who begrudgingly inherited him when his parents were killed by the evil Voldemort. But in the world of wizards, small, skinny Harry is famous as a survivor of the wizard who tried to kill him. He is left only with a lightning-bolt scar on his forehead, curiously refined sensibilities, and a host of mysterious powers to remind him that he’s quite, yes, altogether different from his aunt, uncle, and spoiled, piglike cousin Dudley.

A mysterious letter, delivered by the friendly giant Hagrid, wrenches Harry from his dreary, Muggle-ridden existence: “We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.” Of course, Uncle Vernon yells most unpleasantly, “I AM NOT PAYING FOR SOME CRACKPOT OLD FOOL TO TEACH HIM MAGIC TRICKS!” Soon enough, however, Harry finds himself at Hogwarts with his owl Hedwig… and that’s where the real adventure–humorous, haunting, and suspenseful–begins. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, first published in England as Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, continues to win major awards in England. So far it has won the National Book Award, the Smarties Prize, the Children’s Book Award, and is short-listed for the Carnegie Medal, the U.K. version of the Newbery Medal. This magical, gripping, brilliant book–a future classic to be sure–will leave kids clamoring for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. (Ages 8 to 13) –Karin Snelson

Amazon.com Audiobook Review:
The amazing popularity of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone means that now even Muggles know about the Leaky Cauldron, Diagon Alley, and Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Whether or not you’ve read about Harry, this unabridged audiobook brings his world to life. Reader Jim Dale brings an excellent range of voices to the characters, from well-meaning Hermione’s soft, earnest voice to Malfoy’s nasal droning; from Professor McGonagall’s crisp brogue to Hagrid’s broad Somerset accent; and from snarling Mr. Filch to p-p-poor, st-tuttering P-Professor Quirrel. Some of the characterizations are peculiar–why do the centaurs have Welsh accents?–but that’s a small price to pay to hear one of the myriad ways to sing the Hogwarts School song. Harry Potter fans of all ages–Muggle or not–will enjoy curling up with a few chocolate frogs, a box of Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans (”Alas! Ear wax!”), and this marvelous, magical audiobook. (Running time: 8 hours, 6 cassettes) –Sunny Delaney

Book Description:
The international best-seller Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is the first in J. K. Rowling’s phenomenally successful Harry Potter series. This is the first time that the book has been published in the UK in Urdu.

Customer Reviews

Harry Potter by Laura Ashley Beaudry
I am very happy with the product itself - the book is in perfect condition even after shipping. However, it took a lot longer to get here than any purchase I’ve ever done through the Amazon Marketplace. My guess is that when you do the Free SuperSaver Shipping, they take their own precious time getting your order ready.

UK Large Print Editions by C. Flores
I absolutely love the Harry Potter series of books! Great end to a wonderful story about courage! I must admit that as the adult that I am, I was quite embarrassed to carry around my Harry Potter book on the NYC subway system way back when it began but one cannot put the book down once you start reading! I now have a proud collection of the UK Edition Books 1-7 Large Print 1st Prints, 2 school books Quidditch Through The Ages and Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them 1st prints, 1 US Edition Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire 1st Print, 2 US Edition Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 1st prints, 2 US Edition Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 1st print, 1 Deathly Hallows 1st print misprint, and 1 letter from J K Rowling office with Personal Assistant’s signature addressed to me acknowledging my letter to Ms Rowling and a J K Rowling signed bookplate (not a copy)! WOW!! What’s even worse is that I do not intend on selling any of them either. I want my grandchildren to enjoy them and keep them as collector’s items. It was alot of fun gathering all these treasures.

Something is HORRIBLY Wrong… by C. R. Scion
(I recently made fifteen and I’m frank, just to make it clear.) What is happening? I read some of this book, and to tell the truth, I don’t want to push myself to finish reading it–despite my Harry Potter crazed friends urging me to. First of all, I don’t get what people find so intriguing about the Harry Potter series. On television, the graphics and visual eye-candy really impress, however, Rowling’s imagery and prose in the books are nothing to really talk about. There is better–even for children. Yet not only children but also full-grown adults flock to buy Harry Potter like immature, simple-minded lunatics! I don’t understand how this could have happened. It’s a dreadfully sad situation. Don’t get me wrong, I am pleased that Rowling is out of her financially deprived state and now doing what I’d imagine is a lot more than just well off, but this nonsense needs to end. People dressing like characters from the story, trading cards, games, action figures–the list goes on and on. And for what? A series of books that are not only simply written, have an overused, amateur storyline, are utterly, sickly predictable but Satanic in nature. And it’s supposed to be for children. I’m not even a devout Christian as of yet, and I can perceive that something is gravely wrong with Harry Potter’s phenomenal success. I personally believe that Rowling has put a spell on these books, which targets naive or imperceptive individuals (selectively children who are to young to know better) and somehow leads them to believe that Harry Potter is oh-so-great and perfectly normal. It is not. It is not normal that a book divulging into the subjects of witchcraft and immoral circumstances can be such a hit and with negligible controversy. There are books that do not even touch these premises and are perfectly reasonable that have stirred heated controversy. Rowling takes her touchy subject and glazes it over with charming characters and their `apparently’ moral deeds. So it’s almost like it doesn’t matter anymore. To hell with it that this book is actually talking about `nice’ witches and derisively calling normal humans `muggles’, which is ironic considering that all of its non-wiccan readers would be in the `muggles’ category. I don’t care if there are `nice’ witches, witchcraft is witchcraft, black magic is black magic, therefore immoral cannot be moral. Witchcraft is not a decent practice. I am glad that I have not been dragged into the sadly demonic and rampant abyss that is Harry Potter.

Excellent on audio by
Although I have read the books many times, as a sewing crafter I spend hours at my sewing machine and thoroughly enjoy listening to books. The narrator of this series is fantastic!! You can take an excellent book and totally changed or corrupt the characters with a bad narrator, but that is not at all the case in this series. So if you’ve got too much to do to sit and read, take the time to listen. You will truly enjoy it!! Kathy

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