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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Rowling, J.K.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone / by J.K. Rowling

p.    cm.

Summary: Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

ISBN 0-590-35340-3

[1. Fantasy — Fiction.    2. Witches — Fiction.    3. Wizards — Fiction.

4. Schools — Fiction.    5. England — Fiction.]    I. Title.

PZ7.R79835Har    1998

[Fic] — dc21    97-39059

64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72    05

Printed in U.S.A.     10

First American edition, October 1998