The story follows Harry Potter, an eleven-year-old orphan who discovers on his birthday that he is a wizard. He leaves his unkind relatives to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. There, he makes loyal friends, learns magic, and discovers the truth about his past and the dark wizard who killed his parents. Along with his friends Ron and Hermione, Harry must protect a powerful magical object—the Philosopher’s Stone—from falling into the wrong hands. It is a magical tale of bravery, friendship, and the battle between good and evil.