Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone

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Label

Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone

Statement of responsibility

J.K. Rowling

Title variation

Philosopher's stone

Creator

• Rowling, J. K
• trueRowling, J. K.

Contributor

• trueGrandPre, Mary

Subject

• trueWitches
• trueSchools -- Great Britain
• Schools -- Fiction
• Schools -- Fiction
• Potter, Harry, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
• trueBoarding schools
• trueBooks to movies
• trueChild wizards
• trueClassics
• trueEleven-year-old boys -- England
• trueEngland
• England -- Fiction
• trueFantasy fiction
• Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary organization) -- Fiction
• Magic -- Fiction
• Magic -- Fiction
• truePotter, Harry (Fictitious character)
• trueMagic -- Study and teaching
• trueWizards' apprentices
• Wizards -- Fiction
• trueWizards

Genre

• trueClassics
• trueBooks to movies
• trueFantasy fiction
• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry

Member of

• trueHarry Potter and the philosopher's stone
• Harry Potter series
• trueHarry Potter (Original series)

Theme

• trueDark lord
• trueAcademies of magic
• trueHidden among us
• trueChosen one
• trueHidden heritage

Storyline

• truePlot-driven
• trueWorld-building

Pace

• trueFast-paced

Tone

• trueSuspenseful

Writing style

• trueCompelling

Character

• trueCourageous
• trueWell-developed

Award

• ABBY Award for Children's Books, 1999.
• ALA Notable Children's Book, 1999
• Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 1998
• Books I Love Best Yearly (BILBY), Older Reader, 2001.
• Books I Love Best Yearly (BILBY), Younger Reader, 2001.
• Blue Hen Book Award (Delaware) for Chapter Books, 2001.
• Book Sense Book of the Year for Children's Literature, 1999.
• British Book Award for Children's Book of the Year, 1997.
• Charlotte Award (New York), Young Adult, 2000.
• Colorado Blue Spruce YA Book Award, 2001.
• Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Rosie Award), 2001.
• Golden Archer Awards (Wisconsin): Middle/Jr. High, 2000.
• Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona), Teen Book Category, 2000.
• Great Stone Face Children's Book Award (New Hampshire), 2000.
• Indian Paintbrush Book Award (Wyoming), 2000.
• Massachusetts Children's Book Award, 2000.
• Mythopoeic Award for Children's Literature, 2008.
• Nene Award (Hawaii), 2000.
• Nestle Children's Book Prize for Nine to Eleven Year Olds, 1997.
• Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award (Illinois), 2001.
• School Library Journal Best Books, 1998.
• South Carolina Book Award, Junior Books, 2001.
• Surrey Book of the Year Award (British Columbia), 2000.
• West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA), Younger Readers, 2000.
• West Virginia Children's Choice Book Award, 2001.
• YALSA 100 Best Books, 1950-2000
• YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 1999

Dewey number

[Fic]

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

880

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 4
• 7

Series statement

Harry Potter

Series volume

Year 1

Target audience

juvenile