Our teen 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 teen book spotlight and if you have any book suggestions, please let us know!!
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff--In this futuristic novel, fifteen-year-old Manhattanite Daisy moves to England to live with relatives after a world war erupts. Just as Daisy starts to feel settled in at her cousin's remote farmhouse, terrorists start to invade England. Through the course of the novel, Daisy undergoes a radical transformation from self-centered teen to a compassionate and heroic young adult who fights for the survival of herself and youngest cousin, Piper.
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness--Ever since his mother began treatment for cancer and his father remarried, 13-year-old Conor O'Malley struggles to cope with the bullies at school and the monster that visits him nightly. The monster tells Conor three stories, all with disappointing endings, and forces Conor to tell stories of his own -- requiring him to tell the truth.
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon--Biracial 18-year-old Madeline has severe combined immunodeficiency, or “bubble baby disease,” an extremely rare condition that makes her allergic to the world. Her only human contact for her whole life has been her mother and her nurse Carla. All that changes when Olly and his troubled family move in next door. Madeline is drawn to Olly from the moment she first sees him, but how can she ever get to know him if going outside could kill her? Is Olly worth the risk? Even if he isn't, Madeline decides to take her life into her own hands for a change.
If I Stay by Gayle Forman--After 17-year-old Mia is involved in a deadly automobile accident that kills both her parents and her little brother, she finds herself outside of her body and invisible to others but able to see the effects of the car accident unraveling before her. The medical experts are doing everything they can to save her life while her extended family and friends talk to her comatose body. However, they don't see what Mia can see -- her life will never be the same. Her body is severely damaged, and her family is gone. What is there to live for? When her boyfriend desperately calls her name, she must choose whether to stay or go.
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton--In Ponyboy's world there are two types of people. There are the Socs, the rich society kids who get away with anything. Then there are the greasers, like Ponyboy, who aren't so lucky. Ponyboy has a few things he can count on: his older brothers, his friends, and trouble with the Socs, whose idea of a good time is beating up greasers. At least he knows what to expect-until the night things go too far.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth--Growing up in rural Montana in the early 1990s, 12-year-old Cameron Post begins taking her first steps toward exploring her own sexuality when she shares secret kisses with her best friend, Irene. Soon after, Cameron's parents die in a car accident, and she is sent to live with her grandmother and aunt, who don't know her secret. Things become even more complicated when Irene leaves to attend a private boarding school, but this allows Cameron to meet Lindsey, a teen who introduces her to gay culture. Over the course of the next several years, Cameron works through an assortment of romantic and sexual entanglements, gradually discovering who she is and where she fits into her religious community.