Harry Potter

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone                                                        


Author: J.K. Rowling

Publisher: Bloomsbury (London), Scholastic (US), Raincoast (Canada)

Published Date: 1997

Number of pages: 309

Reading Level: 6th grade
Genre: Fantasy,

Nestlé Smarties Book Prize 1997 Gold Medal 9-11 years

FCBG Children’s Book Award 1997 Overall winner and Longer Novel Category

Birmingham Cable Children’s Book Award 1997

Young Telegraph Paperback of the Year 1998

British Book Awards 1997 Children’s Book of the Year

Sheffield Children’s Book Award 1998

Booklist Editors Choice 1998

Whitaker’s Platinum Book Award 2001

New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing

Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1998

This book is about a boy who lives with his aunt and uncle. Harry the young boy discovers his magical heritage and attends his first year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry and his friends attempt comebacks by the dark wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents, but failed to kill Harry when he was just a year old.

I would rate this book an ADVISABLE. This book would be a challenging for readers. Harry Potter books are very popular for the younger generation and is a book that the students can relate to.  This book provides lots of details and descriptive writing. There are vocabulary words that the students may struggle with and some of the spells are words that we are not use to reading. Before reading this book in the classroom I would need to make sure that parents agree with me using this book.

I would provide this book for students to relate with. Harry and his friends are characters that students can relate to with in the different challenges in their lives. Throughout this book I would like students to make connections within their own lives. This would be a good book to have students break up into reading groups. In the group each student would have a specific role while they are reading. After reading, the students will collaborate with their group and finally share their findings with the class.

Ratings

ESSENTIAL: It would be beneficial if the school library had at least one copy of this book. This is a book that students could find interest in, and also serves an educational purpose. This book may be challenging for the students, but it will help them grow academically and help them improve their education skills.

ADVISABLE: 'ESSESNTIAL' books are the most important and these books are next on the important list. These books are still beneficial to the students and could also be a popular genre, but it may lack in in the substance for educational purposes. The education purpose would focus more on students reading and comprehension, whereas an advisable book would be more for the enjoyment.

OPTIONAL: Books are interesting for the teachers and would follow the curriculum. This book would not support the students and their growth as readers. These books would help provide students with a variety of options, but they are not common or the most popular books.

NOT RECOMMENDED: These books would not be appropriate. The writing, theme, or plot should not be supported.