Teaser Tuesdays #33: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

My teaser:

Harry was speeding towards the ground when the crowd saw him clap his hand to this mouth as though he was about to be sick - he hit the pitch on all fours - coughed - and something gold fell into his hand.

-page 140-141

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

Hardcover, 223 pages

Published October 4th 2004 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (first published June 26th 1997)

Harry Potter is an ordinary boy who lives in a cupboard under the stairs at his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon's house, which he thinks is normal for someone like him, whose parents were killed in a 'car crash'. He is bullied by his aunt and uncle, and his fat, spoilt cousin Dudley, and lives a very unremarkable life with only the odd hiccup (like his hair growing back overnight!) giving him much to think about. That is until an owl turns up with a letter addressed to Harry and all hell breaks loose! He is rescued by a world where nothing is as it seems and magic lessons are the order of the day. Read and find out how Harry discovers his true heritage at Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft, the reason behind his parents' mysterious deaths, who is out to kill him, and how he uncovers the most amazing secret of all time, the fabled Philosopher's Stone! All this and Muggles too. Now, what are they?

 Anyone can participate in Teaser Tuesdays. Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!