The three begin to suspect that someone is planning to steal the mystical stone of the title, which could be used to restore Voldemort to full power. It's then off to Hogwarts, where Harry befriends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, forming the iconic Power Trio. Much to his surprise, however, on his eleventh birthday, Gentle Giant Hagrid shows up and tells Harry that he's not only a wizard, but a wizarding celebrity due to having survived an attack by Lord Voldemort ten years ago, somehow rendering the evil wizard MIA. Harry thinks he's a normal kid, living a sucky life with the Dursleys, his social-climbing Muggle Foster Parents who hate him and all that he represents. It was a humble, quiet beginning to what would become one of the top-selling book series (and one of the largest entertainment franchises) of all time. The first print run was only 500 copies - 300 of which were distributed to libraries. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first book in the Harry Potter series, published in Britain on 26 June 1997.
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