Harry Potter Hardcover Boxed Set

<i>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone</i> (Book 1)<br> Orphaned as a baby, Harry Potter has spent 11 awful years living with his mean aunt, uncle, and cousin Dudley. But everything changes for Harry when an owl delivers a mysterious letter inviting him to attend a school for wizards. At this special school, Harry finds friends, aerial sports, and magic in everything from classes to meals, as well as a great destiny that's been waiting for him...if Harry can survive the encounter. From an author who has been compared to C. S. Lewis and Roald Dahl, this enchanting, funny debut novel won England's National Book Award and the prestigious Smarties Prize. <p><i>Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets</i> (Book 2)<br> In this sequel to <i>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone,</i> Harry's back for his second year at Hogwarts, where the infamous Chamber of Secrets has been opened for the first time in 50 years. The monster that is unleashed is literally petrifying Hogwarts students (turning them into stone, that is), and who is the primary suspect? Harry Potter himself. Add to this some enormous spiders, a Deathday Party, a ghost named Moaning Myrtle who haunts the girls' bathroom, and lots and lots of suspense, and you'll soon find yourself engrossed in another terrific tale in which magic does exist and good eventually triumphs over evil.</p> <p><i>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban</i> (Book 3)<br> Kids of all ages -- even adults! -- have fallen under Harry Potter's spell. And now, following the phenomenal success of <i>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone</i> and <i>Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,</i> the young wizard-in-training has returned for his third year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry -- and more exciting, magical adventures. This time, a dangerous escaped convict is on the loose -- a reputed madman with a mysterious tie to Harry's past. Harry's life is in danger, and his sorcery skills are tested to the limit. Can he catch the criminal and discover the truth?</p> <p><i>Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire</i> (Book 4)<br> This is the pivotal fourth novel in the seven part tale of Harry Potter's training as a wizard and his coming of age. Harry wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to the International Quidditch Cup with Hermione, Ron, and the Weasleys. He wants to dream about Cho Chang, his crush (and maybe do more than dream). He wants to find out about the mysterious event that's supposed to take place at the Hogwarts this year, an event involving two other rival schools of magic, and a competition that hasn't happened in a hundred years. He wants to be a normal, fourteen-year-old wizard. Unfortunately for Harry Potter, he's not normal -- even by wizarding standards. And in his case, different can be deadly.</p> <p>About the Author:</p> <p>"The idea that we could have a child who escapes from the confines of the adult world and goes somewhere where he has power, both literally and metaphorically, really appealed to me."</p> <p>Like that of her own character, Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling's life has the luster of a fairy tale. Divorced, living on public assistance in a tiny Edinburgh flat with her infant daughter, Rowling wrote <i>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone</i> at a table in a café during her daughter's naps. Now she has all the Harry Potter bestsellers under her belt, and has the world begging for more. From public assistance to a publishing phenomenon, Rowling's tale is truly magical.</p> <p><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/writers/writer.asp?userid=2U55YFZ67O&amp;cds2Pid=1302&amp;cid=855300">Learn more about J. K. Rowling in our Meet the Writers section</a><br> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/subjects/children/collection.asp?PID=2834&amp;userid=2U55YFZ67O">Visit our Harry Potter Store</a><br> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/community/bntv/bookvideos/potter/index.asp?userid=22EXWA1130">Watch the BNTV bookVideo of the <i>Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire</i> Book Party</a></p>

Author(s): J. K. Rowling  

ISBN 10: 0439249546
ISBN 13: 9780439249546
Format: Hardcover
Publication: 2001/11/01