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Description
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches.
Local notes
Series: Harry Potter 1
Publication
New York: Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages
309
Awards
Hugo Award (Nominee — Dramatic Presentation — 2002)
Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Award (Nominee — 2000)
Soaring Eagle Book Award (First runner-up — 2000)
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2000)
Audie Award (Finalist — 2000)
Locus Award (Nominee — First Novel — 1999)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 2001)
Mythopoeic Awards (Finalist — Children's Literature — 1999)
Great Stone Face Book Award (Winner — 2000)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Children's Fiction — 2000)
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Nominee — Winner — 2001)
Sasquatch Book Award (Nominee — 2000)
Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Junior — 2001)
Great Lakes Great Books Award (Winner — 2001)
Nēnē Award (Nominee — 2000)
British Book Award (Winner — Children's Book — 1998)
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (Shortlist — 1998)
Nevada Young Readers' Award (Nominee — 2000)
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (1997)
Blue Hen Book Award (Winner — Middle Readers — 2001)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — Teen — 2000)
The Children's Book Award (Winner — Overall — 1997)
Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing (Nominee — 1997)
Colorado Blue Spruce Award (Winner — 2001)
West Virginia Children's Choice Book Award (Winner — 2000-2001)
Blue Peter Book Award (Winner — 2001)
Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award (Winner — 2001)
NCSLMA Battle of the Books (Middle School — 2020)
Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration (Nominee — 2017)
Golden Archer Award (Nominee — 2000)
Charlotte Award (Winner — 2000)
WAYRBA: Western Australia Young Readers Book Award (Winner — Younger Readers — 2000)
3 Apples Book Award (Winner — Children — 2019)
Sheffield Children's Book Award (Winner — 1998)
Surrey Schools’ Book of the Year (Winner — 2000)
American Booksellers Book of the Year (ABBY) Award (Winner — Children's — 1999)
Anne Spencer Lindbergh Prize (Winner — 1998)
South Carolina Book Awards (Winner — Junior Book Award — 2001)
Whitcoulls Top 100 Books (30 — 2008)
The Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (Science Fiction and Fantasy)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 1999)
501 Must-Read Books (Emma Beare, 2006) (Children's Fiction)
CCBC Choices (1998)
Children's Favorites Awards (Selection — 1999)
The SF Book Club's "The Most Significant SF & Fantasy Books of the Last 50 Years From 1953-2002" (26)
Notable Children's Book (1999)
Teacher Favorites Award (1999)
Young Adult Favorites Award (2000)
Waterstones top 25 books of the last 25 years (No 1 — 2007)