It Was A Book First!
Books that are making their way to the big screen.
Check out these books before they hit the big screen!
Rumor has it that some of these books are hitting theaters as early as this summer. Check them out before everyone else and see what the buzz is about.
The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey
Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is taken from obscurity and her only friend, Mal, to become the protege of the mysterious Darkling, who trains her to join the magical elite in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold.
Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
After a family tragedy, Jacob feels compelled to explore an abandoned orphanage on an island off the coast of Wales, discovering disturbing facts about the children who were kept there.
Grasshopper Jungle : A History by Andrew Smith
"Austin Szerba narrates the end of humanity as he and his best friend Robby accidentally unleash an army of giant, unstoppable bugs and uncover the secrets of a decades-old experiment gone terribly wrong" - Publisher
The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa
After Allison is forced to flee the city, she joins a band of humans who are seeking a legend -- a possible cure to the disease that killed off most of humankind and created the creatures threatening humans and vampires alike.
Legend by Marie Lu
In the future, the West Coast has turned into The Republic, a nation at war. June is a military prodigy born to one of the Republic's most elite families, Day is a parkour prodigy and petty criminal from one of its poorest neighborhoods. When Day is suspected of murdering June's brother, their high-stakes game of cat and mouse turns into the uncovering of the totalitarian government's sinister secrets.
Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne
A strange weather phenomenon drives students into a superstore where fourteen kids take refuge while the world outside gets torn apart from a series of escalating disasters.
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
The adventures of the three Darling children in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. - Movie to be released as "Pan"
Goosebumps Graphics by RL Stine
Graphic Novels contain "3 goulish graphix tales" - Movie to be released this summer with Jack Black as RL Stine.
Here a few oldies but goodies...
Just in case you missed these first time around, check them out!
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community.
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.
Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Carmen decides to discard an old pair of jeans, but Tibby, Lena, and Bridget think they are great and decide that whoever the pants fit best will get them. When the jeans fit everyone perfectly, a sisterhood and a memorable summer begin.
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.
Coraline by Neil Gaiman Illustrations by Dave McKean
Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.