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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #01) — Content Guide for Parents

By J.K. RowlingArthur A. Levine Books1999-10-01ISBN 9780547824185
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #01)

Found in this book

  • ViolenceSupporting
  • Scary contentSupporting
  • ProfanityBrief

Not found

  • Religion
  • Race & culture
  • Climate
  • Sexual content
  • Gender roles
  • Gender & orientation

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Religion

PRESENT

Contains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.

About this book

In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry, an orphan, lives with the Dursleys, his terrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, Dudley. The day before his eleventh birthday, an owl tries to deliver a mysterious letter—the first of a sequence of events that end in Harry meeting a enormous man named Hagrid. Hagrid explains Harry's history to him: When he was a baby, the Dark wizard, Lord Voldemort, attacked and killed his parents in an attempt to kill Harry; but the only mark on Harry was a mysterious lightning-bolt scar on his forehead. Now he has been invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where the headmaster is the great wizard Albus Dumbledore. Harry visits Diagon Alley to get his school supplies, especially his very own wand. To get to school, he takes the Hogwarts Express from platform nine and three-quarters at King's Cross Station. On the train, he meets two fellow students who will become his closest friends: Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Harry is assigned to Gryffindor House at Hogwarts, and soon becomes the youngest-ever Seeker on the House Quidditch team. He also studies Potions with Professor Severus Snape, who displays a deep and abiding dislike for Harry, and Defense Against the Dark Arts with nervous Professor Quirrell; he and his friends defeat a mountain troll, help Hagrid raise a dragon, and explore the wonderful world of Hogwarts. But all events lead irrevocably toward a second encounter with Lord Voldemort, who wants an object of legend known as the Sorcerer's Stone…

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #01) appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    Harry and his friends fight a troll, are attacked by a giant chess board and a plant, and face a possessed teacher, with a gun pointed at Hagrid, some bullying and a fistfight; his parents' murder is told in flashback. Scary moments include a three-headed dog, an attacking troll, a dead and bloody unicorn with a hooded figure, and the villain Voldemort's face on the back of a teacher's head.

  • Does Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #01) have violence?

    Found (Supporting): Harry and his friends fight a troll, are attacked by a giant chess board and a plant, and face a possessed teacher, with a gun pointed at Hagrid, some bullying and a fistfight; his parents' murder is told in flashback.

  • Does Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #01) have scary content?

    Found (Supporting): Scary moments include a three-headed dog, an attacking troll, a dead and bloody unicorn with a hooded figure, and the villain Voldemort's face on the back of a teacher's head.

  • Does Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #01) have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #01) have race & culture?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #01) have profanity?

    Found (Brief): The parents' guide reports one use of 'damn' and one 'good Lord'.

  • Does Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #01) have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #01) have sexual content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #01) have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #01) have gender & orientation?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

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