# Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

**Author:** J.K. Rowling
**Lexile:** 880L
**Grade range:** Grades 4–7
**Age range:** 8–12
**First published:** 1997
**Page count:** 309
**Genre:** Middle Grade Fantasy
**ISBN-13:** `9780439708180`
**ISBN-10:** `0439708184`
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**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

On his eleventh birthday, Harry Potter learns he is a wizard and is whisked away to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he makes his first true friends and uncovers the truth about his parents — and the dark wizard who wants him dead. J.K. Rowling's series opener is one of the most-read children's books in the world and a common grades 4-7 read.

## Themes

- friendship
- courage
- good vs evil
- identity

## Content notes

- fantasy violence

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