This is, and will remain one of the best books I have ever read. Right from the start you are interested and do not want to put the book down. You remain like this all through the novel. It starts out as an oridnary boy bullied by people, and it ends with him being a real-life wizard. Every person on the earth should have read this series, and if you haven't, do it ASAP.

I was in year 6, age 10 when I first encoutered Harry Potter. It was read to the whole class by our teacher Mrs Cross and I thought it was amazing. Following Harry on his adventure as he learns all about the wizarding world that he is from. Meeting all the characters: Albus Dumbledore the wise headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry, Hagrid the loveable gameskeeper, Ron Weasley soon to become Harrys' best friend & Draco Malfoy soon to become Harrys' enemy. I have lost count now at the age of 20 how many times i have read this book. I am not ashamed to say I still enjoy it as much as I did when I first heard it. I couldn't wait for each new book to join Harry once again at Hogwarts.

The first in the series and it's absolutely spell-binding. This book is written to perfection from start to finish and is a MUST READ. Once you have read this book you will be hooked on Harry Potter I guarentee it. J.K Rowling's first book and it's already a classic. Buy it :-)