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January Theme: Adaptations
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Check out our teen booklist with stories that have jumped from pages to screens! These books feature compelling characters and unforgettable plots, inspiring exciting movie and TV adaptations. Whether you love books or screens, these stories are perfect for exploring worlds that have captivated everyone. |
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Grade level: 10 - 12 Fiction; Dystopian
A prequel set in the world of Panem 64 years before the events of The Hunger Games begins on the morning of the reaping of the Tenth Hunger Games.
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Dune by Frank. HerbertGrade Level: 12+ Classic; Science Fiction Follows the adventures of Paul Atreides, the son of a betrayed duke given up for dead on a treacherous desert planet and adopted by its fierce, nomadic people, who help him unravel his most unexpected destiny. |
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Fiction; Romance A girl confined to her house by rare and profound allergies falls hopelessly in love with her new neighbor, in a story told through vignettes, diary entries, texts, charts, lists and illustrations. |
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Graphic Novel; Romance A heartwarming celebration of friendship, first love and coming out follows the unlikely relationship between a shy teen and a popular rugby player who become more than friends while navigating the ups and downs of high school. |
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Manga; Adventure As a child, Monkey D. Luffy dreamed of becoming King of the Pirates. But his life changed when he accidentally ate the Gum-Gum Fruit, an enchanted Devil Fruit that gave him the ability to stretch like rubber. Its only drawback? He'll never be able to swim again-- a serious handicap for an aspiring sea dog! Years later, Liffy sets off on his quest to find the "One Piece," said to be the greatest treasure in the world. |
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Graphic Novel; Magic Realism Scott Pilgrim's life is fantastic. He's 23 years old, in a rock band, between jobs, and dating a cute high school girl. Everything's awesome until a seriously mind-blowing delivery girl named Ramona Flowers enters his life |
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Grade level: 7 - 9 Fiction; Romance Belly spends the summer she turns sixteen at the beach just like every other summer of her life, but this time things are very different. |
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Fiction; Romance Receiving word from Death-Cast that they are about to die, Mateo and Rufus meet for the first time via an End Day friendship app that facilitates their meeting and a final grand adventure that triggers unexpected changes. |
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Fiction; Mystery Spending the summers on her family's private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer.
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