Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is the first book in the Harry Potter series, written by renowed author JK Rowling. The story includes main characters Harry Potter (obviously), as well as his two best friends, Ronald Weasely and Hermione Granger. Another main character is Harry's crush and to-be girlfriend, Ginny Weasely. Apart from that, Draco Malfoy and Severus Snape, as well as Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster, are also main characters in the story.

The introduction is relatively mundane, though this does add to the reader's anticipation towards the climax. The author introduces Harry Potter in the beginning of the story, stating how Harry, though he was born into an ordinary family, would turn out to be somebody great. Not much is said about his parents, Lily and James Potter, though it is stated in the book that they died in an "accident", although the later truth is that Harry's to-be arch enemy, Lord Voldermort, was their killer. Harry was later left on the doorstep of his closest relatives, one night, and they had to take him in reluctantly, not knowing what to do.

After ten years in the family, Harry finds them really unpleasant, however, he can do nothing. The Dursleys, Harry's new family, have a child, Dudley, and they shower all their love upon Dudley while ignoring Harry. Thus, Dudley, with his enormous weight (you should have guessed), frequently bullies Harry, who is much thinner but faster than Dudley. However, Harry discovers that he has an extraordinary talent of getting out of trouble, for example, one day in school while Dudley and his gang were chasing him, Harry ran and suddenly found himself on the rooftop! Amazingly, he could not have gotten up there all by himself. One day, the Dursleys receive an unexpected visitor, Hagrid, who is a giant of a man and later turns out to be Harry's good helper. He succeds in getting Harry out of the clutches of the Durselys and brings Harry to Hogwarts, a school for wizards. After teaching Harry all the basics, Harry starts school in a few weeks time.

It is at this school that Harry meets Draco Malfoy, and he finds that Malfoy is prejudiced against him for some reason. Later, he finds a best friend, Ronald Weasely. One significant event that took place in his term was during the flying lessons on Broomsticks. Draco seized the "rememberal" of one of Harry's friends, and flew up into the air with it. Harry, unsure about what to do, flew up to and confronted Malfoy. Malfoy, feeling threatened, threw the object down and Harry had to race after it. Soaring down on his broomstick, Harry flew down and managed to catch the Rememberal in his hand without hurting himself. It was there and then that the teachers recognised his talent at " Quidditch", a ball game, even though he was only a first year. The teachers wasted no time in getting Harry a proper broomstick, and after a some training, Harry begin his debut as the youngest ever Quidditch player in Hogwarts.

Sometime later, a troll appears in the school. Harry and his best friend Ron decide that they should confront the troll themselves, and they race up to the girls' toilet where the troll is. Quickly, Harry and Ron lock the door of the girls' bathroom and run off, feeling relieved, only to hear the screams of Hermione Granger from inside the girls' bathroom. Hesitantly, they turn tail and rush into the bathroom, where Harry randomly sticks his wand into the troll's nostrils to distract it, while Ron casts a spell over the Troll's club, and the club falls down on the Troll's head, knocking it out cold. This unfortunate incident is actually a blessing in disguise, as it causes Ron and Harry to become best friends with Hermione. 

The climax is undoubtedly at the Quidditch match, where Harry helps his house, Griffindor, to win the Quidditch game, in spite of the fact that his hated teacher, Severus Snape, is refereeing the match. After the match, Harry and his friends discover of the Sorcerer's stone, and its secret to immortality. Harry has a hunch here that Snape is working for Voldermort, and that Snape is trying to obtain the Stone for Voldermort. His suspicions are further heightened when he sees Snape talking to a very frightened Professor Quirrel in the forest about the Stone. Later, Harry discovers  a trapdoor with a ferocious dog guarding it, and he begins to suspect that the Sorcerer's Stone might be hidden underneath that trapdoor. Along with Hermione and Ron, he soothes the Dog to sleep using a flute, and then the three friends begin their descent into the trapdoor. Along their way to the bottom, the three friends meet countless obstacles, but they are cleverly avoided or destroyed by Ron's wit, Hermione's intelligence, and Harry's fearlessness to carry out any task. In the end, Harry discovers Quirrel searching for the Sorcerer's Stone, and the truth that Quirrel is trying to obtain the Sorcerer's Stone for himself is finally revealed. Harry battles desperately with Quirrel, and in the end, finally manages to triumph over Quirrel, but he himself collapses from fatigue.

The story ends with several significant truths being revealed, Harry discovers that Snape was trying to protect him and not kill him, though he really hated Harry. That was probably because Harry's father had once saved Snape's life, and Snape felt indebted to him, although he still loathed Harry's father. Griffindor managed to win the house cup, ten points in front of Slytherin, Malfoy and Snape's house. The story ends on a cheerful note, with Harry, Ron and Hermione all passing their exams well. 

This book is a definite must-read. From the beginning to the conclusion, Rowling puts in humour and excitement, gripping the reader the whole time.