by J. K. Rowling (Author)
When a letter arrives for unhappy but ordinary Harry Potter, a decade-old secret is revealed to him that apparently he's the last to know. His parents were wizards, killed by a Dark Lord's curse when Harry was just a baby, and which he somehow survived. Escaping his hideous Muggle guardians for Hogwarts, a wizarding school brimming with ghosts and enchantments, Harry stumbles upon a sinister adventure when he finds a three-headed dog guarding a room on the third floor. Then he hears of a missing stone with astonishing powers which could be valuable, dangerous, or both.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: Adult ed
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 11 Sep 1998
ISBN 10: 0747542988
ISBN 13: 9780747542988
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
Book Overview: Cult children's classic - 156,000 copies sold - a hit with adults GOLD WINNER of the 1997 Nestle Smarties Book Prize (9-11yrs); WINNER of the British Book Awards' Children's Book of the Year 1997; WINNER of the Children's Book Award 1998; Shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Award 1997; Winner of the Sheffield Children's Book Award 1997; Winner of the Young Telegraph Book Award; Commended for the Carnegie Children's Fiction Award 1997; Winner of the Birmingham Cable Book Award; Shortlisted for the Whitbread Book Award Also a worldwide blockbusting film
Prizes: Winner of Whitaker Platinum Book Award 2001 and Smarties Book Prize Gold Award 1997. Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003. Shortlisted for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003 and Guardian Children's Fiction Award 1998 and LA Carnegie Medal 1998.