He is famous in the wizard community for being the boy who lived. At the beginning of the book, dumbledore, professor mcgonagall and hagrid are all standing outside. With guided questions to help children think about the important parts and space to say what they liked and didnt our book reports are a great way to encourage children to share their thoughts with friends and classmates. A book report of harry potter and the chamber of secrets.
This study guide consists of approximately 51 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of harry potter and the sorcerers stone. Harry potter is an 11 year old boy who has lived with the dursley family ever since his parents died in a car crash. Harry believes he is marked for death and stalked by a murderer most of the school year. Harry potter is the everyman figure, the eyes of the audience.
The setting of this book takes place at hogwarts, a magical school for wizards that harry potter attended the previous year. Dursley, petunia, does have a sister, lilly, who is a bit eccentric and married to james potter, who is also questionable. The first harry potter books first chapter hooked millions of us on a series that were still madly in love with today. Professor mcgonagall flinched, but dumbledore, who was unsticking two lemon drops, seemed not to notice. Hooray, theres now an official harry potter book about. Theres nothing quite like enjoying a really solid piece of literature. Parents need to know that harry potter and the sorcerers stone is a thrillaminute story, the first in j. Dobby warns harry not to return to hogwarts, the magical school for wizards that harry attended the previous year. It takes a lot in todays age to pull a child away from a tv long enough to eat let alone sit. Harry potter and the cursed child, the eighth part of the harry potter saga has been released worldwide for fans to enjoy. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone book report prezi. When he was one year old, the most powerful dark wizard lord voldermort tried to kill him but the curse rebounded upon him and he nearly died.
Tenyearold harry potter is an orphan who lives in the fictional. Rowling opens in a normal suburb in a town in england. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets begins when harry is spending a miserable summer with his only remaining family, the dursleys. My book report is on harry potter and the chamber of secrets by j. Rowling presentation by elena graven the setting the suspenseful passage in this book is when hagrid is talking to harry and the dursels and said you never told him. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone quiz that tests what you know about important details and events in the book. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone, written by j.
Harry potter and the philosophers stone is a fantasy novel written by british author j. Rowlings the tales of the beedle the bard goes under. Ginny yelped, hanging onto the blanket and managing to keep in wrapped around herself. Handwritten harry potter book goes up for auction next month. Picture sample of the harry potter html report hosted at familytrees. All they cold see now was one of ron s legs, which he had hooked around a root in an effort to stop the dog pulling him further underground. Englishbookreport harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban. Read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter summary and analysis. Sep 1, 2015 this pin was discovered by susan conroy. Never told him what was in the letter dumbledore left for. The books imaginative story line about a boy wizard made it an immediate and. The answer comes in the form of, you guessed it, harry potters son albus. Hours can pass while youre diving into a new world that the author has created.
I personally think that it is a wonderful thing that children get into these books. Some examples of nonfiction books are the autobiography of. After murdering harrys parents, james and lily potter, evil lord voldemort puts a killing curse on. This book chronicles harrys first year at the hogwarts school of wizardry and witchcraft. How to write outstanding college level book reports. It is a book filled with the writers imagination, so much so that it cannot help but in turn spur the. This harry potter book report can be used for any of the harry potter books. Rowling was writing a sequel to her beloved sevenpart series, they couldnt wait to get their hands on the book. Now, he has to destroy voldemorts horcruxes in order to stop the evil wizards attempt to destroy the world. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone this book report is on the book harry potter and the sorcerers stone, by j.
After being raised in the miserably unfair home of his uncle vernon dursley, harry practically begins life anew when he discovers that he is a. Harry shouted, trying to follow, but a heavy branch whipped lethally trough the air and he was forced backwards again. This page is made for harry potter and his experiences in the chamber. See a complete list of the characters in harry potter and the sorcerers stone and indepth analyses of harry potter, draco malfoy, and hermione granger. Born to a wellrespected and muchloved witch and wizard, harry potter was orphaned as a baby and left to be taken care of by his aunt petunia and uncle vernon dursley, along with their son dudley. First, harry receives a strange warning from a house elf named dobby. Dementors blackrobed floating beings that suck the happiness out of people attack harry and others, making harry hear the sound of his mother dying as he passes out. Original title if not in english, harry potter and the sorcerers stone. Nielsen goodreads author shelved 2 times as harrypotterreadalikes avg rating 4. For now on, only customers from the us are eligible to buy it. Pupils are to become sport writers and watch the first quidditch match in the 1st harry potter movie 1 hr 12 min 1 hr 21 min make a flowchart of events. He is the hero because, first of all, the whole book is about his life.
When harry potter and the halfblood prince comes out in july, children from around the world will line up at stores or wait anxiously at home or summer camp for their copy to arrive by mail. K rowling, is a fictional adventure story that takes place during the twentyfirst century in england. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone summary book reports. Rowling summary after a horrible summer with his mean relatives harry returns to hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Harry potter is the thirteenyearold protagonist of the story and the entire series. I guess i dont really understand what you think is going on in the harry potter books, but i have yet to see a child who has read the books to grab a pentagram and begin to chant spells in the moonlight. Harry potter book fair project book report projects. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets sparknotes.
Rowlings complete and unabridged text is accompanied by minalimas handsome colour illustrations on nearly every page, superb design, and eight exclusive. I want to do it in hermiones perspective to change things up seen as i have done like 5 hp reports. I confess to not yet having read the first harry potter book, harry potter and the sorcerors stone, and so i can say with certainty that it is not necessary to read that book in order to fully enjoy the second one. During a dinner party hosted by his uncle and aunt, harry is visited by dobby, a houseelf. Harry smirked, fingers already skating over the mess of folds to find an opening to her skin she doubted even he realised he did it, half the time. This is a book report on harry potter and the sorcerers stone.
The hero of the story is harry potter, without any doubt. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone philosophers stone, the goblet of fire, the order of the phoenix and the halfblood prince, and deathly hallows others are in production you will notice that they are the most complete and extensive of any on. Harry potter is about to upend the publishing business in. Harry potter studied in a wizards school named, hogswart. One, this book tells that, youknowwhovoldemort comes back, but a lot of people dont believe this though, in that world.
This book has sturdy enough legs to more than ably stand on its own. The title of the book is harry potter and the philosophers stone. Oh yeah, as if this all wasnt freaky enough, harry potters youngest son has a thing for the only child of the. An irresistible new edition of harry potter and the philosophers stone created with ultratalented designers minalima, the design magicians behind the gorgeous visual graphic style of the harry potter and fantastic beasts films. The story is about harry potter, a young wizard who had once escaped death when he was a baby. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone harry potter series. To preorder the book or learn more, swish and flick sorry, click here. If you havent read any of the harry potter books you are missing out on the best series ever. But its rickmans pitchperfect professor snape who is the beating heart of the story published. It respects kids intelligence and motivates them to tackle its greater length and complexity, play imaginative games, and try to solve its logic puzzles. The first of the harry potter books, harry potter and the sorcerers stone introduces readers to harry potter on the cusp of his eleventh birthday.
There are six completed scarp notes spark notes, cliff notes or book summaries for the harry potter books. Rowling may be one of the wealthiest authors alive, but even harry potters mom has faced rejection. Harry potter and the order of phoenixharry potter and the halfblood prince book report 1. The fully illustrated edition of harry potter returns as. Harry potter and the goblet of fire theres a few things id like to say before i go. Harry potter ronald weasley hermione granger albus dumbledore voldemort rubeus hagrid minerva mcgonagall severus snape professor quirrell. Children are in peril, often at the hands of magical creatures.
A mysterious book previously owned by the halfblood prince comes. Then, when he arrives at hogwarts harry must face a vain new professor of defense against the dark arts, a spirit named moaning myrtle who haunts the girls bathroom, and his old enemies, malfoy and snape. An ancient prophecy seems to be coming true when a mysterious presence begins stalking the corridors of a school of magic and leaving its victims paralyzed. Children couldnt wait to see what happened to harry potter, ron weasley, and hermoine. There are four books, the author is supposed to write two more books. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone is a novel by j.
Analyzing and maybe even critiquing novels is a useful skill that. The book sold off the shelves leading to more books in the series. Harry hurried in and sat back on the mattress, snatching her around the waist and pulling her onto his lap. The first, harry potter, is an orphan that lives with his aunt and uncle who are muggles. Prepare to be shocked for the bold, blatant, and bodacious raw satanism that underlines this story. Your enjoyment of your novel may dissipate slightly when you are trying to figure out how to write a college level book report about itbut it doesnt have to be that way. Harry buys books, ingredients for potions, and, finally, a magic wandthe companion wand to the. The harry potter books are set in england, but the author, j. Harry potter complete book series special edition boxed set by j. The alchemist by paulo coelho, 1984 by george orwell, harry potter series by j.
The story doesnt exactly have a date in which the story takes place but its in modern times. Harry potter and the order of phoenix harry potter and the halfblood prince book report 1. Book report harry potter in this book report i will talk about a book that is very popular. Unlike fiction books, they are based on facts and information that can be verified to be true. The first novel in the harry potter series and rowlings debut novel, it follows harry potter, a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday, when he receives a letter of acceptance to hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone characters shmoop.