It seems that every movie that comes out these days is based on a book. I mean, why reinvent the wheel when there are so many great stories out there already? But when producers and directors adapt a beloved story for the big screen they risk upsetting the scores of built in fans. And, of course, we all want to see our favorite characters on screen just as we imagined them when reading the book. Sometimes they get it right and sometimes fans wonder what on earth they were thinking. Well, this has been a big month for movie makers to try and impress us with their big screen adaptations of YA books!<\/p>\n
\u00a0We’re highlighting three here.<\/p>\n
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire <\/strong><\/p>\n I enjoyed the first ‘Hunger Games’ movie and thought it came pretty close to the book. And of course like everyone else on the planet, I’m looking forward to seeing\u00a0‘Catching Fire’ this weekend! Click here<\/a> if you want to get an extra fix of Katniss and the gang.<\/p>\n The Book Thief<\/strong><\/p>\n The movie\u00a0I really can’t wait to see is\u00a0the movie adaptation of Markus Zusak’s, ‘The Book Thief’. I really enjoyed that book and hope that the movie stays true to his vision. You can see the trailer here<\/a>. If you haven’t read the book yet, WPL has many copies available and you can place a hold here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ender’s Game<\/strong><\/p>\n Finally, for the Sci-Fi lovers out there,\u00a0‘Ender’s Game’, Orson Scott Card’s\u00a0classic about a child who must fight aliens to save the human race, has hit the\u00a0big screen. Check out the trailer here<\/a>. If you’d like to read the book, place a hold here<\/a>.<\/p>\n WPL would\u00a0love to hear from you if you’ve seen any of these and would like to weigh in. We’d also love to hear about your favourite book-turned movie.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It seems that every movie that comes out these days is based on a book. I mean, why reinvent the wheel when there are so many great stories out there already? But when producers and directors adapt a beloved story for the big screen they risk upsetting the scores of built in fans. And, of… Read More Books into Movies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,9,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/teens\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/teens\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/teens\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/teens\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/teens\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=215"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/teens\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1573,"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/teens\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215\/revisions\/1573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/teens\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/teens\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/teens\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}