Since Summer is coming up I decided to begin the series of Harry Potter books. My roommate, sister and even mom love the books and have persuaded me to 'jump on the bandwagon'. Last week I began with the first of the Harry Potter series and I seriously could not put the book down. The writer, Rowling, has in incredible gift of creating imagery and adventure in the readers' head. Harry, the main character, is given an admission to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and from then on magic just seems to be released. What reader would not want to attend a school like this? Flying lessons on broomsticks, the game of Quidditch, trapdoors, three-headed dogs, troll adventures, invisibility cloaks, centaurs, and tons of mischief are all over the pages of this book. Harry is usually accompanied by his two new friends on these adventures Ron and Hermione. Together the three explore their new school, starting out as timid students, by the end they are powerful and unafraid, except for maybe Ron. This book ends with a banquet and then off to London to spend the summer with the family that raised Harry.
Book 9: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Author: J.K Rowling
Picture Book?: No
Posting Date: April 15, 2008
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