THE PROBLEM:
Harry's enemy, Voldemort, is seeking the Sorcerer's Stone, a magical artifact that could make him immortal. Harry has to find it first-and get his homework done too.
QUIDDITCH UPDATE:
Harry makes his house team to play the broom-bound sport of wizards.
SCARY MONSTER:
Fluffy, a giant three-headed dog who guards the way to the stone.
MAGICAL GADGET:
The Mirror of Erised. Whoever gazs into it sees what he or she desires most in the whole world
DEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS TEACHER:
A position at Hogwards that no professor is able to hold for very long. This year it's Professor Quirrell, a meek, inoffensive man with a stutter-and a surprising dark side.
NEW SPELL:
Wingardium Leviosa. Your basic first-year levitation charm
WHAT HARRY LEARNS:
That wonderful, magical things lurk just beneath the ordinary.
NUMBER OF PAGES:
309
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