This document provides biographical information about J.K. Rowling and summarizes her novel Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. It details that the book was published in 1997, introduces Harry Potter and other main characters, and describes Harry discovering he is a wizard and his first year attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where he makes friends and uncovers a mystery involving a three-headed dog. The document recommends the book for its mystery, adventure, humor, and ability to draw readers into caring about the characters.

2. Author: J. K. Rowlling
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Scholastic
(US)
Published: 26 JUNE 1997

3.  J.K. Rowling : Introduction
 The Harry Potter Saga Harry Potter & The
Philosopher's (Sorcerer's Stone).
 Chapters 1-17.
 Summary
 Facts about to Book.
 Rating
 Recommendations

5.  NAME: J.K. Rowling
 FULL NAME: Joanne Rowling
 OCCUPATION: Author
 BIRTH DATE: July 31, 1965 (age 52)
• EDUCATION: Wyedean School and College,
• Qualification : Bachelor in Arts
• Place of birth: Yate, England, United Kingdom
• Zodiac Sing: Leo
• DID YOU KNOW?
• Before J.K. Rowling published her 'Harry Potter' series,
she was a single mom on welfare.

7.  Joanne Kathleen Rowling is the pen name of writer, her real
name is Joanne Rowling. The idea of book came in her mind
when she was travelling in train from Manchester to
London in 1990. Loss of Harry's parents has been shown in
book because her mother died when she was writing the
book and it affected her a lot. "The Elephant House" – one of
the cafés in Edinburgh in which Rowling use to write the
first Harry Potter novel. In US the books name is ‘Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone’. J.K Rowling believes that
she gets impatient in writing the end chapter. In October
1998, Warner Bros. purchased the film rights . A film
adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was
released on 16 November 2001

8. Harry Potter : The son of James and Lily Potter and nephew of
Vernon and Petunia Dursley. And hero of the story.
Hermione Granger : Hermione is Muggle-born, meaning that
neither of her parents has magical ability, and harrry potter friend.
Ron Weasley : The youngest son of the Weasley family and Harry's
best friend.
James Potter : Harry's father. A member of Gryffindor House.
Lily Potter : Harry's mother and Petunia Dursley's sister. A graduate
of Hogwarts.
Hagrid : Rubeus Hagrid is the gamekeeper for Hogwarts and first
introduces Harry to the wizarding world.
Albus Dumbledore : Albus Dumbledore is the headmaster of
Hogwarts and Voldemort's only feared enemy.
Voldemort : Also known as Lord Voldemort, the Dark Lord, and villan
of the story.
Draco Malfoy : A first-year student in Slytherin House and Harry's
particular enemy while at Hogwarts.

9.  Neville Longbottom : A first-year student in Gryffindor House and one of
Harry's roommates.
Professor McGonagall : Minerva McGonagall is the Transfiguration professor
and head of Gryffindor House.
Professor Snape : Severus Snape is the Potions master at Hogwarts.
Professor Quirrell : Quirinus Quirrell is the Defense Against the Dark Arts
professor at Hogwarts.
Vernon Dursley : Harry's Muggle uncle and Petunia's husband.
Petunia Dursley : Harry's Muggle aunt (Lily Potter's sister) and Vernon
Dursley's wife.
Dudley Dursley : Harry's cousin and the son of Petunia and Vernon Dursley.
Fred and George Weasley : Ron Weasley's identical twin brothers. Both
third-year students in Gryffindor

11.  Young Harry Potter has to lead a hard life: His parents have died
in a car crash when he was still a baby, and he is being brought
up by his Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia. For some reason
unbeknownst to the bespectacled ten-year-old, the Dursleys let
him live in the small chamber under the stairs, and treat him
more like vermin than like a family member. His fat cousin
Dudley, the Dursley's real son, keeps bothering Harry all the
time. On his eleventh birthday, Harry Potter finally receives a
mysterious letter from a certain Hogwarts School of Witchcraft
and Wizardry, telling him that he is chosen as one of the future
students of that supposedly renowned school. Hagrid, the
gigantic man who brought the letter, finally introduces Harry
into the real circumstances of his life: His parents were a wizard
and a witch, they were killed by the evil wizard Voldemort
protecting him.

12. Harry still has a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead from that event. Since
he survived the attack as a baby, and also somehow deprived Voldemort from
his powers, he has been famous in the wizarding world ever since. The
Dursleys, strong disbelievers in that magical crap, never told Harry anything
about his true self. So, Harry is strongly surprised, yet absolutely happy to
start his training. At Hogwarts, Harry meets his teachers, and becomes
friends with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. The three of them
accidentally find out that the potions master, Severus Snape, seems to plot on
stealing something that is guarded by a three-headed dog. Since nobody
would believe some first years to have found out such important things that
even would incriminate a Hogwarts teacher, they take it on themselves to
find out what Snape is up to. Their quest for the truth leads across many
obstacles, from keeping up the everyday school life, a bewitched Quidditch
match (Quidditch is a popular wizard sport), Fluffy, the three-headed
monster dog and quite some tasks one has to overcome to get to the guarded
object

13.  I will be rate this book out of 5
 rating 4.7/5

14.  i would recommend Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
Stone to anyone because J.K. Rowling is an excellent
author, who has a knack for developing characters that
the reader identifies with and cares about. This book is
full of mystery, adventure, and humor. It is impossible
to put down. In this book, Rowling lays down the
framework for a grand adventure. I really liked this
book it was one of the best fantasy books I've ever
read. This book has won a award as book of the year.