I've yet to meet a ten-year-old who hasn't been entranced by its witty, complex plot and the character of the eponymous

Independent

Spellbinding, enchanting, bewitching

Mirror

Teachers say a chapter can silence the most rowdy of classes

Guardian

One of the greatest literary adventures of modern times

Sunday Telegraph

The Harry Potter stories will join that small group of children's books which are read and reread into adulthood

TLS