Harry Potter lives with his abusive aunt and uncle, Vernon and Petunia Dursley and their bullying son, Dudley. On Harry’s eleventh birthday, a half-giant named Rubeus Hagrid personally delivers an acceptance letter to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, revealing that Harry’s parents, James and Lily Potter, were wizards. When Harry was one year old, an evil and powerful dark wizard, Lord Voldemort, murdered his parents. Harry survived Voldemort’s killing curse that rebounded and seemingly destroyed the Dark Lord, leaving a lightning bolt-shaped scar on Harry’s forehead. Unknown to Harry, he is famous in the wizarding world.
Hagrid takes Harry to Diagon Alley, the hidden wizard commerce and retail section in London. Harry’s parents have left him a fortune kept in Gringotts Wizarding Bank. Harry buys school supplies and a wand from Ollivander. The cores of Harry and Lord Voldemort’s wands have feathers from the same phoenix bird, making them “brothers”. Hagrid gives Harry an owl that he names Hedwig. A month later, Harry boards the Hogwarts Express at King’s Cross railway station’s secret Platform 9¾. On the journey to Hogwarts, Harry befriends fellow first-year Ron Weasley and meets Hermione Granger, whom the two boys initially dislike. Harry runs afoul of first-year student, Draco Malfoy.
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