Harry is a very unhappy little boy. He is an orphan, living with his aunt and uncle who can't stand him. He sleeps in a cupboard under thge stairs and spends most of his time being tormented by his fat cousin, Dudley. He was always told that his parents had died in a car crash and that the lightning shaped scar on his forehead also came from that accident. Then, on his eleventh birthday, a giant delivers a strange letter informing him that he is a wizard and has been accepted into Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. As it turns out, Harry is famous in the wizard world for being the only person to ever survive an attack by the evil wizard Voldemort, depleating his power and gaining that scar. He therefore finds himself in a unique position when he enters school.
The school turns out to be a wonderful, magical place where pictures move, dinners appear on plates and ghosts wander the halls. Here he befriends Ron Weasley, a gangley red haired boy from a large, poor family, and Hermione Granger, a clever muggle born girl who memorizes every magic book she can find. Harry also discovers that he has a great talent with the popular wizard sport, Quidditch: a Team sport with seven players on a team, four balls and six goal posts played on broomsticks. With the exception of a vicious rival named Malfoy and a potions teacher who seems to hate him. Harry is the happiest he has ever been.
He soon discovers a mystery that he just can't seem to shake. What is the bizarre object being guarded by a giant 3-headed dog on the third floor, and why is the potions master so intent on trying to steal it. Does it have anything to do with the evil Voldemort? Harry and his friends must get to the bottom of this before another 'accident' does Harry in for good. |
