Ah....the old Harry Potter. I know I am getting old. I remember when this series came out and all the hooplah over how the people who read this book were all promoting witchcraft and devil worship. Lol....so be it then. I liked this book a whole lot. My girls have read it as well as the rest of the series and honestly, they have yet to pick up a stick in the yard and try to call forth demons.
Poor Harry Potter. He is an orphan stuck living with a hateful aunt and uncle and their terrible son. They make him sleep under the stairs in a little storage spot. He is banned from any kind of normal activity and is the family secret. Until......Harry finds out he is a wizard. He is whisked off to wizard school at Hogwart's and finds his life changed 180 degrees from what it was. He is kind of a star at Hogwart's. His parents were killed fighting Lord Valdemort and Harry is the only one to ever escape an attack by the all powerful dark wizard.
Harry is on the quest for the sorcerer's stone and without realizing it, he is guided through the adventure by the adults that are training and teaching him. They are training Harry to be a great wizard but he does not fully understand everything that is happening all the time. He makes fast friends with Hermione and Ron and the three of them are never far from each other in this book (or in any of the later books).
Great book and the ones that follow are just as good. Great writing that will keep you interested and most of the time, the books flow at a good pace so you don't feel bogged down. The full un-abridged versions would be good for probably 5th grade and up, although, my 3rd grade daughter is reading them now and has no problem. They do make abridged versions for younger children but I think you miss a lot of the interesting characters and things that go
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