Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fantasy novel by the British author J. K. Rowling and the first book of the Harry Potter series, as well as her debut novel. It follows Harry Potter, an orphan raised by his aunt and uncle, who learns on his eleventh birthday that he is a wizard and is invited to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. With his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger he uncovers a plot by the dark wizard Lord Voldemort to steal the Philosopher's Stone. Bloomsbury first published the book in the United Kingdom on 26 June 1997, and Scholastic issued it in the United States in 1998 as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. It won most of the British book awards decided by children, has been translated into 85 other languages, was adapted as a feature film, and has sold more than 120 million copies, which makes it the fourth best-selling book of all time.