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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Paperback
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About Book
- Escape to Hogwarts with the unmissable series that has sparked a long reading journey for kids and families everywhere the globe. The magic starts here. Harry Potter has ne'er even detected of Hogwarts once the letters begin dropping on the doormat at range four, bush Drive. addressed in inexperienced ink on yellow parchment with a purple seal, they're fleetly taken over by his grim auntie and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a good beetle-eyed large of a person known as Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter may be a wizard, and he incorporates a place at Hogwarts faculty of necromancy and creativity. The magic starts here! These editions of the classic and internationally bestselling Harry Potter series feature thrilling jacket design by victory artist Jonny Duddle. they're the right start line for anyone who's able to lose themselves within the greatest children's story of all time.
About Author
- J.K. Rowling is that the author of the best, multi-award-winning Harry Potter novels. idolized by fans round the world, the series has oversubscribed quite five hundred million copies, been translated into eighty languages and created into eight blockbuster films. She has written 3 companion volumes in aid of charity: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and wherever to seek out Them (in aid of Comic Relief and Lumos), and also the Tales of Beedle William Shakspere (in aid of Lumos).
- In 2012, J.K. Rowling’s digital company and digital publisher Pottermore was launched, an area wherever fans will get pleasure from the most recent news from across the wizarding world, options and original writing by J.K. Rowling. Her 1st novel for adult readers, The Casual Vacancy, was printed in Sep 2012 and tailored for TV by the BBC
- In 2015. J.K. Rowling additionally writes crime novels beneath the nom de guerre Henry Martyn Robert economist, that includes sherlock Cormoran Strike. the primary four novels The Cuckoo’s line of work (2013), The Silkworm (2014), Career of Evil (2015) and fatal White (2018) all topped the national and international bestseller lists. the primary 3 are tailored for tv, created by Brontë Film and tv. J.K. Rowling’s 2008 Harvard commencement speech was printed in 2015 as associate illustrated book, excellent Lives: the perimeter edges of Failure and also the Importance of Imagination, and oversubscribed in aid of Lumos and university-wide assist at Harvard. In 2016, J.K. Rowling collaborated with author Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany on the stage play Harry Potter and also the Cursed kid components One and 2, that is currently running at The Palace Theatre in London’s city district and at The Lyric Theatre on Broadway.
- Also in 2016, J.K. Rowling created her screenwriting debut with the film Fantastic Beasts and wherever to seek out Them. A prequel to the Harry Potter series, this new journey of Magizoologist salamander Scamander marked the beginning of a five-film series to be written by the author. The second film within the series, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald was discharged in Nov 2018. The script book of the play Harry Potter and also the Cursed kid components One and 2 was printed in 2016. the first screenplays of the amazing Beasts films square measure printed too: Fantastic Beasts and wherever to seek out Them (2016) and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018). As well as receiving associate OBE and Companion of Honour for services to children’s literature, J.K. Rowling has received several awards and honours, as well as France’s Légion d’Honneur and also the Hans Christian Andersen Award
Review
- I've nonetheless to satisfy a ten-year-old UN agency hasn't been beguiled by its humourous, complicated plot and therefore the character of the name Harry (Independent)
- Spellbinding, enchanting, enchanting stuff (Mirror)
- Teachers say a chapter will silence the foremost rowdy of categories (Guardian)
- One of the best literary adventures of recent times (Sunday Telegraph)
- The Harry Potter stories can be part of that tiny cluster of children's books that square measure browse and read into adulthood (TLS)
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