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Michael asked this question about Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1):
Why did they choose to change the title for the U.S.?
Jaden McNally I once heard an interview with someone saying that it was changed because they didn't think American children would want to read it as much if it had …moreI once heard an interview with someone saying that it was changed because they didn't think American children would want to read it as much if it had a long word like "Philosopher" in it. They thought "Sorcerer" would better catch the attention of young, American readers.

Oh, see this. This is hilarious. Apparently it is necessary now to change all of the books for American readers:

I found this on Tumblr. The link wouldn't connect here for some reason.

Since They changed Philosopher's Stone to Sorcerer's Stone for America, I decided to change the rest since us Americans are too dumb to understand the word philosopher:
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