Some people don't like the Harry Potter series because of the whole whitch/wizard and magic thing, but if you don't mind that, these books are great! It's a series that has it all: mystery, humor, etc. It has great charactors that you really feel like you know, and it has a great moral too: good over evil.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book #1) is about a boy, Harry Potter, who lives with his aunt, uncle, and cousin. One day he finds out that he is a wizard. He goes to a school of magic, Hogwarts, and learns how to cast spells and stuff like that. Then he finds out that the he is famous in the magical world! The most powerful and evil wizard, Voldemort, killed his parents and tried to kill Harry, but Harry survived. Nobody had ever survived Voldemort before. That's why Harry's famous. Then, at his school, he finds out that someone stole a stone that makes you live forever. Harry and his friends try to find out who did it.

You have to read this book, and the whole series!

I am the biggest bookworm anyone would ever meet, and I want to be an author one day. For my birthday a while back, my godmother gave me the first 3 books (the books 4, 5, and 6 were not out yet). At first I was like "these are little kid books :(" But when I read the first one, I was hooked!!!! I managed to read all 3 books in one week! I went to bed 2 or 3 in the morning every night. When book 4 came out, I was the first in line to get one. Then when book 5 and 6 were announced to be coming out soon, I preordered mine and went into a histerical panick when the shipment of my book 6 was delayed due to hurricane Fabian (i live in Bermuda). And now I'm sitting on pins and needles waiting for book 7! I own all 4 movies (the 5th one coming out in 2007!!) and i have the trading cards! All my friends call me a nerd but i don't care, besides i know for a fact that each and everyone one of them own the entire series as well and cried (like i did) from the 6th book (i won't say why;).

Rowling's writing is unbelievable! And now i'm in the process of buying the audio cd's. I heard Jim Dale does Voices beautifully. I hope one day to have 1/2 her talent, and she is an inspiration to aspiring authors. Her descriptions of all the characters and their thoughts and emotion, not to mention all the details of their surroundings is amazing. KEEP IT UP GIRL!! AND IF YOU COME TO BERMUDA FOR A BOOK SIGNING, YOU WILL BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO SEE HOW MANY FANS YOU HAVE HERE! AND I WILL BE THERE FIRST IN LINE!!

In this book you'll meet Harry Potter a wizard who he was very famous in the wizardy world never knew that he was a wizard. He lived with his crueld aunt and uncle who treated him very badly. Ever since HArry's parents died, he was raised by his aunt and uncle and lived with them and also his mean cosuin Dudley. Harry had magical powers and he never knew he had them and that he was able to use them. Until he met Hagrid who was also a wizard came to get Harry so that he could go to a magical school which was called "Hogwarts". His aunt and uncle never told him about this because he didnt want Harry to use his powers at all. They also lied to him about his parents dieing in a car crash. So Harry is off to Hogwarts looking for answers to all his questions. He's going to meet new challenges and face many problems but one question that he wants to know is what is the sorcerer's stone?
READ AND FIND OUT.....

Books like these come rarely. Few childrens books today rank as high such as this one. The author beautifully illustrates all the characters, displaying their emotions smoothly. The plot is uncomparable, full of mystery and shock, and suspense. The book leaves readers begging for the sequel to come sooner. This book is original, brilliant, and if I may say so myself, nothing short of a masterpiece of our day.

I bought all six of the Harry Potter books for my son. He grabbed Book 1 on Sunday and read it all the same day. He was captivated and said it is his favorite book he has ever read.

I was afraid the book would be to difficult for him to read, he reads at a 3-4th grade comprehention level but apparently he did not have issues with the book.

Highly recommended.