Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)

by J. K. Rowling

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Series (with order)

Harry Potter (1)

Canonical Title

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Original publication date

1997-06-30 (UK)

1998-09-01 (USA)

People/Characters

Harry Potter (Harry James Potter)

Hermione Granger (Hermione Jean Granger)

Ron Weasley (Ronald Bilius Weasley)

Albus Dumbledore (Headmaster)

Severus Snape (Hogwarts Professor)

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Important places

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Scotland, UK

London, England, UK

Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey, England, UK

Diagon Alley, London, England, UK

Platform 9 3/4, King's Cross Station, England, UK

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Awards and honors

FCBG Children's Book Award (Overall winner and Longer Novel Category, 1997)

Birmingham Cable Children's Book Award (1997)

Young Telegraph Paperback of the Year (1998)

British Book Award (Children's Book of the Year, 1998)

Sheffield Children's Book Award (1998)

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Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.

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Original title (UK, Canada, New Zealand): Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone
The Ancient Greek and Latin translations of this book are in ancient languages, and one of the fundamental rules of combining editions into works is that the ancient language editions don't go into the same work as the modern language editions.

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