Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Written by J.K. Rowling
Illustrations by Mary GrandPre
Genre: Modern Fantasy
Subgenre: Unusual Characters and Strange Situations (indeed!)
Themes: Friendship, coming of age, battles between good and evil, mystery, suspense
Primary Characters: Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger
Secondary Characters: numerous! Rubeus Hagrid; Albus Dumbledore; Vernon, Petunia, and Dudley Dursley; Minerva McGonagoll, Severus Snape, Harry's other teachers and classmates and various persons in the wizarding community of England
Awards: New York Times Bestseller for 79 consecutive weeks
Published on September 8, 1999 by Scholastic
The Harry Potter series is one of my absolute favorites to read! Their status in the literary world needs no explanation. I would use this book for a whole class of upper elementary grade students, or as light read-aloud material for middle elementary graders. I first began reading them in the fourth grade and was captivated from beginning to end with Harry and his friends. Their adventures would undoubtedly make for a great read that any elementary student of the appropriate comprehension age for them would enjoy and remember for a very long time. A good time to read this novel might be after a class has read a novel that is of a more realistic nature; a "flight of fancy" with Harry and co. would be a nice escape for readers who have just come off a more serious topic.
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