Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling is the first book in the exciting adventures of Harry Potter and his friends Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley at their Wizarding School, Hogwarts.

The first book has Harry figuring out he's a wizard and setting off for school and having to face all sorts of difficulties and dangers because of Voldemort and his followers. This story involves Harry and his friends following clues to find out what the three headed dog in the third floor corridor is guarding, and who Nicholas Flamel is. And somebody at the school is out to get Harry, but is the the person Harry thinks it is?