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Reader reviewed by Nicki

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the first installment of J.K. Rowlings' wonderful series. Harry was raised by his aunt and uncle, the Durselys,  since he was one year old, believing his parents had died in a car accident. The Durselys hated anything unusual, which is why Harry assumed they always hated him, unusual things always seemed to happen around him. One summer when Harry was eleven years old, odd letters began appearing for Harry. His aunt and uncle thwarted him any time he tried to get a glimpse at one. Eventually the whole house was bursting with them, Harry's uncle gathered him and his family up and attmepted to flee from the letters. They found themselves perched on top of a small island, in a shabby hut in the middle of the ocean, a giant breaking down the door and informing Harry that he was a wizard, and so was his parents. That they had not died in a car accident but cursed at the hand of a dark wizard named Voldemort and that he, Harry, was the only one to ever survive the curse and brought the down-fall of the magical worlds most wanted dark lord. He was off to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he was famous, and saves the Sorcerers stone from Voldemort who had all but disappared.