The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, harry potter, and his friends hermione granger and ron weasley, all of whom are students at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Harry potter book list, reading level information, appropriate reading age range, and additional book information. The level of english and the grammar used was pretty basic, something that probably even a nine year old with english as their first language could read. The book follows harry potter, a young wizard, in his third year at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Reading practice, literacy skills, vocabulary practice. Harry is rescued from his horrible aunt, uncle and cousin, and sent to hogwarts. The accelerated reader tests that my school did placed most of them at a mid4th grade or early 5th grade reading. Harry potter is a series of fantasy novels written by british author j. From my experience, reading the harry potter series as a 12 year old wasnt difficult. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone discussion guide take a closer look at the magical world of harry potter with these engaging discussion questions. Find and level books by searching the book wizard database of more than 50,000 childrens books. That said, harry is 11 years old in the first book in the series and 17 by the final book, and kids generally like to read about protagonists in their.
It was published in the united states as harry potter and the sorcerers stone by scholastic corporation in 1998. These days, with all the harry potter books available and ready for consumption as fast as one can read them, the age to start reading harry. Harry potter and the philosophers stone is a fantasy novel written by british author j. The main story arc concerns harry s struggle against lord voldemort, a dark. Instantly get a books guided reading, lexile measure, dra, or grade level reading level. I started reading the books in kindergarten but i wouldnt really recommend that because achances are harry potter is way above your 5 year olds reading level i. Why ill have my kids wait to read harry potter book riot. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone accelerated reader.
Then we had to wait for three years for harry potter and the order of the phoenix, two more years for harry potter and the halfblood prince, and two more years after that for the final book to be released in 2007a decade after the first. Rowling doesnt specifically mention if they are childrens books. Grade reading levels of harry potter books life after harry potter. It is the first novel in the harry potter series and rowlings debut novel, first published in 1997 by bloomsbury. The magicians, the first book of a trilogy, is about quentin coldwater, a kid who attends an exclusive college of magic in upstate new york. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban wikipedia. Customize your guided reading program with these bestselling titles in guided reading six book sets. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban is a fantasy novel written by british author j. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone harry potter and the philosophers stone 880l 56 harry potter and the chamber of secrets 940l 56 harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban 880l 56 harry potter and the goblet of fire 880l 56. He and his friends travel in pursuit of finding a magical land, but what they actually find is more than they bargained for. Unlike them, this book is written more as the second half to a twopart novel, and is tightly tied to the previous book, harry potter and the halfblood prince. Rowling and is the third in the harry potter series.