2018 marks the fifth year that I’ve been keeping this blog
as a side project, and I can’t believe that I never got around to adding the
Harry Potter series to my list! My
apologies to J.K. Rowling, as the slight was most definitely not intentional! Let me correct my oversight by introducing
you to Harry Potter, a young orphan boy taken in by the Dursley family. On the approach of Harry’s eleventh birthday,
he begins to experience strange powers that he can’t yet understand. Then one day, a mysterious visitor arrives to
inform Harry that he’s actually a young wizard, and also that he’s due to begin
school at a magical academy for witches and wizards! Hogwarts Academy is the escape that Harry has
been dreaming of his entire life, and it’s a glorious experience…at least, until
he learns about Voldemort, the evil wizard who killed his parents!
This book is the first in a series of seven novels, all of which
are rightfully considered to be modern classics. The continuity and backstory between the
books runs amazingly deep, so it’s important to read them all through in
sequence. Some of the Harry Potter books
can run quite long by middle grade standards, although it’s a safe bet that the
awesome story will serve to pull young readers along through the pages. If by some unfortunate circumstance you haven’t
yet read “Sorceror’s Stone”, you really have no one to blame but yourself!
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