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Book Reviews Title Harry
Potter & The Philosopher's Stone Fiction-Net
Rating Buy It
From Amazon.co.uk - BUY
NOW! Cover
Story Harry Potter
thinks he is an ordinary boy - until he is rescued
by a beetle-eyed giant of a man, enrols at Hogwarts
School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, learns to play
Quidditch and does battle in a deadly duel. The
reason: Harry Potter is a Wizard! We
Say Watching the news
in the summer of 2000, I saw children queuing from
the early hours of the morning in shops all over
the UK. It's become a fairly common sight when the
latest games console is released. But what was so
surprising this time was that the children were
queuing for a book. You remember them - those
things we all used to love with paper pages and
lots of words on them. OK - so I'm being sarcastic
but it was pretty astonishing to see it and I can
remember thinking at the time how I'd love to know
what all the fuss was about. It seems I wasn't on
my own. The Harry Potter books have now been
released with more grown-up artwork on the covers
to enable adults to read them without the accessory
of an eager-seven-year old. "Philosopher's Stone"
is the first in the series, leaving me a little bit
behind my young counterparts but I intend to catch
up rapidly. In this first
adventure, we meet Harry Potter who has yet to
discover that he is a wizard. Like all the best
stories, Harry is an orphan who has been left with
despicable relatives and fighting the hardships
that fate has dealt him. Then out of the blue,
strange things start to happen and Harry is
eventually able to escape to Hogwarts School. The
best thing about Harry's story is that he is only
just discovering his enchanted new life. We see all
the weird and wonderful things that happen at
Hogwarts through the equally amazed eyes of Harry.
It is as new to him as it is to the reader and you
go on this incredible journey together. Harry is an
unlikely hero - unassuming yet clearly brilliant.
He is able to turn his previously unknown talents
to anything. You will want to cheer him on, as he
becomes the star player in the Quidditch team or
sneaks around outwitting monsters in his
invisibility cloak. Of course, for every hero there
must be a villain. In Harry's case, this is the
mysterious and very scary Voldemort. Harry Potter and
the Philosopher's Stone is great fun and totally
gripping, even for those of us who should be too
old for it. Completely irresistible. Review by: Rachel
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