Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)

* Cult children's classic - 156,000 copies sold - already a hit with adults * This edition with stunningly reworked jacket creates new market for adult readers * Author has already received huge press coverage in the national papers and on television * Film deal soon to be signed * The sequel, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets No. 1 (for four weeks) in hardback bestseller lists - the first time since Booktrack started that a children's hardback has topped the general bestseller list. * There's magic, humour, goodies, baddies, muggles (what are they?) and broomsticks * It's a book about good versus evil, self discovery, friendship and a rollicking good tale into the bargain! Harry Potter is an ordinary boy who lives in a cupboard under the stairs at his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon's house, which he thinks is normal for someone like him who's parents have been killed in a 'car crash'. He is bullied by them and his fat, spoilt cousin Dudley, and lives a very unremarkable life with only the odd hiccup (like his hair growing back overnight!) to cause him much to think about. That is until an owl turns up with a letter addressed to Harry and all hell breaks loose! He is literally rescued by a world where nothing is as it seems and magic lessons are the order of the day. Read and find out how Harry discovers his true heritage at Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft, the reason behind his parents mysterious death, who is out to kill him, and how he uncovers the most amazing secret of all time, the fabled Philosopher's Stone! The Author: This is J K Rowlings's first book and she has six more books planned for Harry's adventures at Hogwarts. She lives in Edinburgh.