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- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)
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- J.K. Rowling
- The first book of the famous Harry Potter series. The story is largely appealing because it's just barely off ordinary. It's set in 1990's Britain, but with a race of witches and wizards that live hidden in plain sight, as it were. Combined with this hidden world that we can easily relate to, the protagonist enters it from our perspective, as an 11 year old that's lived with muggles for his entire life.
Even in this first book, the subject matter is not light, though it is treated fairly lightly. Whether this is intentional to convey the idyllic perspective of the young Harry or is a result of targetting at a young audience is questionable. Nonetheless, this does not detract from the book, especially since the books get progressively darker, following Harry's development, so whether or not it was intentional, it turned out well. -
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