Published: 1997

Pages: 309

Sales: Approximately $120 million worldwide

Amazon.com Editorial Review: Say you've spent the first 10 years of your life sleeping
under the stairs of a family who loathes you. Then, in an absurd, magical twist of fate you
find yourself surrounded by wizards, a caged snowy owl, a phoenix-feather wand, and
jellybeans that come in every flavor, including strawberry, curry, grass, and sardine. Not
only that, but you discover that you are a wizard yourself! This is exactly what happens to
young Harry Potter in J.K. Rowling's enchanting, funny debut novel, Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer's Stone. Read More...
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Published: 1998

Pages: 341

Sales: Approximately $77 million worldwide

Amazon.com Editorial Review: It's hard to fall in love with an earnest, appealing young
hero like Harry Potter and then to watch helplessly as he steps into terrible danger! And in
J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets he is in terrible danger indeed.
As if it's not bad enough that after a long summer with the horrid Dursleys he is thwarted in
his attempts to hop the train to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to begin
his second year. But when his only transportation option is a magical flying car, it is just his
luck to crash into a valuable (but clearly vexed) Whomping Willow. Still, all this seems like
a day in the park compared to what happens that fall within the haunted halls of Hogwarts.
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Published: 1999

Pages: 435

Sales: Approximately $61 million worldwide

Amazon.com Editorial Review: For most children, summer vacation is something to look
forward to. But not for our 13-year-old hero, who's forced to spend his summers with an
aunt, uncle, and cousin who detest him. The third book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series
catapults into action when the young wizard "accidentally" causes the Dursleys' dreadful
visitor Aunt Marge to inflate like a monstrous balloon and drift up to the ceiling. Fearing
punishment from Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon (and from officials at Hogwarts School of
Witchcraft and Wizardry who strictly forbid students to cast spells in the nonmagic world of
Muggles), Harry lunges out into the darkness with his heavy trunk and his owl Hedwig.
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Published: 2003

Pages: 870

Sales: Approximately $55 million worldwide

Amazon.com Editorial Review: As his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and
Wizardry approaches, 15-year-old Harry Potter is in full-blown adolescence, complete
with regular outbursts of rage, a nearly debilitating crush, and the blooming of a powerful
sense of rebellion. It's been yet another infuriating and boring summer with the
despicable Dursleys, this time with minimal contact from our hero's non-Muggle friends
from school. Harry is feeling especially edgy at the lack of news from the magic world,
wondering when the freshly revived evil Lord Voldemort will strike. Returning to
Hogwarts will be a relief... or will it? Read More...
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Published: 2005

Pages: 652

Sales: Approximately $65 million worldwide

Amazon.com Editorial Review: In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, no one
and nothing is safe, including preconceived notions of good and evil and of right and
wrong. With each book in her increasingly remarkable series, fans have nervously
watched J.K. Rowling raise the stakes; gone are the simple delights of butterbeer and
enchanted candy, and days when the worst ailment could be cured by a bite of
chocolate. A series that began as a colorful lark full of magic and discovery has
become a dark and deadly war zone. Read More...
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Published: 2007

Pages: 759

Sales: Approximately $44 million worldwide

Amazon.com Editorial Review: The heart of Book 7 is a hero's mission--not just in
Harry's quest for the Horcruxes, but in his journey from boy to man--and Harry faces
more danger than that found in all six books combined, from the direct threat of the
Death Eaters and you-know-who, to the subtle perils of losing faith in himself.
Attentive readers would do well to remember Dumbledore's warning about making
the choice between "what is right and what is easy," and know that Rowling applies
the same difficult principle to the conclusion of her series.Read More...
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Published: 2001

Pages: 64

Sales: Approximately $510,000

Book Jacket Plot: A copy of Fantastic Beatsts & Where to find Them resides in almost
every wizarding household in the country. Now, for a limited time only, Muggles too have
the cance to discover where the Quintaped lives, what the Puffskein eats, and why it is
best not to leave milk out for a Knarl.
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Published: 2001

Pages: 64

Sales: Approximately $510,000

Amazon.com Editorial Review: Quidditch is the facsimile of a Hogwarts library book,
which had to be literally pried from the hands of librarian Madam Pince. It gives a
comprehensive history of the game and its rules, as well as a rundown of each of the 13
league teams of Britain and Ireland.
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Published: 2008

Pages: 157

Sales: Approximately $4 million

Amazon.com Editorial Review: Offering the trademark wit and imagination familiar to
Rowling's legions of readers--as well as Aesop's wisdom and the occasional darkness of
the Brothers Grimm--each of these five tales reveals a lesson befitting children and
parents alike: the strength gained with a trusted friendship, the redemptive power of love,
and the true magic that exists in the hearts of all of us. Rowling's new introduction also
comments on the personal lessons she has taken from the Tales, noting that the
characters in Beedle's collection "take their fates into their own hands, rather than taking
a prolonged nap or waiting for someone to return a lost shoe," and"that magic causes as
much trouble as it cures." Read More...
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