a bit scary but a great book, it might just be the book that gets you reading!!!
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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Not age appropriate for kids under 7, age appropriate for kids over 9; suggested age 9. -
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Common Sense says
Magical start of bestselling Potter phenomenon.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 9 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Parents need to know that this thrill-a-minute story, the first in the Harry Potter series, respects kids' intelligence and motivates children to tackle its greater length and complexity, play imaginative games, and try to solve its logical puzzles. It's the lightest in the series, but it still has some scary stuff for sensitive readers: a three-headed dog, an attacking troll, a violent life-size chess board, a hooded figure over a dead and bleeding unicorn, as well as a discussion of how Harry's parents died years ago.
Read our full review by Tara L. Rivera
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about Harry's new magical world and how it compares to the drudgeries he's been enduring at Number 4 Privet Drive. Which elements of the magical world did you like best -- and would you feel right at home as a wizard-in-training? Would you like to take a pet to school every day -- and, if so, which pet would you choose? What's the significance or Harry's scar, and why can't Voldemort touch Harry?
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Educational
Educational
im a wizard so this was very educational. I learned how to be a eleven year old dilinquet! yip yee!!!!!!
- I rate this title on for age 9 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
A good book.
I loved this book. I good book for a family of all ages.
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
Good book. Nice start to a brilliant fantasy series.
- I rate this title iffy for age 8 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
a must read
tis book is a good book for kids and young teens to read. but there is some vilonce and the reading and content will probably be to much for 7 year olds and younger. but 8 year olds even though the content is suggestive and it is a little challenging it think they should try reading it. and kids that are 9 and up should definetly read it!!!!!!!
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