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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Book • 1999
The story follows Harry Potter, an orphan who lives with his abusive Muggle (non-magical) relatives.

On his eleventh birthday, Harry learns he is a wizard and begins attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

There, he makes friends with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger and together they face the attempted comeback of the dark wizard Lord Voldemort, who murdered Harry's parents and seeks the powerful Philosopher's Stone to gain immortality.

Along the way, Harry must navigate the magical world, confront his enemies, and protect the Stone from falling into Voldemort's hands.

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