whilefiying on a broomstick. He's neverworn a cloak of invisibility, befriended a giant, or helped hatch a dragón, All Harry knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and únele, and their abominable son, Dudley. Harry's room is a tiny closet at the foot of the stairs, and he hasn't had a birthday party in eleven years. But then a mysterious letter arrives by owl messeger: a letter with an invitation to an incredible place called Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. And there he finds not only friends, aerial sports, and magic around every córner, but a great destiny that's been waiting for him ... if Harry can survive the encounter.