Two bedrooms (one just for his surplus toys, like the television set he put his foot through when his favorite show was canceled), Harry is forced to sleep in a crawl space under the stairs, has never had a birthday party in his 11 Poor Harry Potter is orphaned as a baby and is sent to live with his odious aunt and uncle, Petunia and Vernon Dursley, and their fat son, Dudley. There, and is having the same kind of success here too. Rowling, a wonderful first novel from England that won major literary awards and has been at the top of the adult best-seller lists Magee and the great Gilly Hopkins - begin their lives being raised by monstrously wicked, clueless adults, too stupid to see what we the readers know practically from page 1: This is a terrific person we'd love to have for aĪnd so it is with Harry Potter, the star of ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone,'' by J. O many of the beloved heroes and heroines of children's literature - from Cinderella and Snow White to Oliver Twist and the Little Princess to Matilda, Maniac Looking Back: A Book of Memories by Lois Lowry.Under the Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba by Alma Flor Ada. Shake Rag: From the Life of Elvis Presley by Amy Littlesugar.Other Children's Books Reviewed This Month
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