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Middle Grade Book Spotlight--Books to Movies!!!!

Our middle grade book spotlight this week is on books that have been made into movies!!  Let’s be real for a second--there are a ton of books that have been made into movies and the majority of them are not nearly as good as the source material.  The titles we are featuring this week are examples (at least in my opinion) of books that are better than the movie and I encourage you to read them and prove me otherwise!  These books and more can be found by searching the catalog using the search tag #youthbooktomovie  as well as on Libby and Hoopla.  Check back next week for a new middle grade book spotlight and if you have any book suggestions, please let us know!!

Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen--The first time she saw him, she flipped. The first time he saw her, he ran. That was the second grade, but not much has changed by the seventh. She says: “My Bryce. Still walking around with my first kiss.” He says: “It’s been six years of strategic avoidance and social discomfort.” But in the eighth grade everything gets turned upside down. And just as he’s thinking there’s more to her than meets the eye, she’ s thinking that he’s not quite all he seemed.

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt--The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing any older.

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke--Meggie lives a quiet life alone with her father, a book-binder. One day a mysterious stranger named Dustfingers arrives at her door. Meggie senses that this mysterious man is connected to her father in some bizarre way. Is her father leading a double life? Does he possess magical powers? All too suddenly Meggie is involved in a harrowing game of escape and intrigue as her father's life is put in danger.

City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau--In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz--Walking corpses, dancing bones, knife-wielding madmen, and narrow escapes from death—they're all here in this chilling collection of ghost stories. Make sure you read this book with the light ON!

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl--Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last! But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde, Mike Teavee, and Charlie Bucket, Our Hero, a boy who is honest and kind, brave and true, and good and ready for the wildest time of his life!