When you're not even eleven, an orphan, and have to live in a broom cupboard under the stairs with hard-hearted, nouveau riche relatives, life has already dealt you a tough hand. Harry Potter feels the same way, and despite everything, he has maintained an unshakeable confidence that is really unfounded. But then, on his eleventh birthday, Harry is summoned to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he not only takes subjects like Potions and Transfiguration but also discovers that he himself is a celebrity.