Books Gone Hollywood

Books made into television shows or movies. The Book was Better!

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Book cover for "Anne of Green Gables"
Star rating for Anne of Green Gables
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Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.
Book cover for "Artemis Fowl"
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Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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When twelve-year-old evil genius Artemis Fowl tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll. When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.
Book cover for "Bridge to Terabithia"
Star rating for Bridge to Terabithia
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Jess Aarons gains the strength to cope with unexpected tragedy by going to a secret kingdom in the woods invented by Leslie Burke, a newcomer to his rural Virginia community.
Book cover for "The call of the wild"
Star rating for The call of the wild
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack.
Book cover for "Diary of a wimpy kid"
Star rating for Diary of a wimpy kid
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Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.

6. Hoot

Book cover for "Hoot"
Star rating for Hoot
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Description:
Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.
Book cover for "The Indian in the cupboard"
Star rating for The Indian in the cupboard
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Omri receives a plastic Indian, a cupboard, and a little key for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life in the cupboard and befriends him.
Book cover for "Jumanji"
Star rating for Jumanji
Average Rating:
3.7 stars
Description:
Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle adventure board game.
Book cover for "Lifeboat 12"
Star rating for Lifeboat 12
Average Rating:
3.7 stars
Description:
In 1940, a group of British children, their escorts, and some sailors struggle to survive in a lifeboat when the ship taking them to safety in Canada is torpedoed.
Book cover for "The lightning thief"
Star rating for The lightning thief
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
Description:
Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
Book cover for "A tree grows in Brooklyn"
Star rating for A tree grows in Brooklyn
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Description:
An autobiographical novel concerning a young daughter of German immigrants growing up in the slums of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in the early 20th century.
Book cover for "Where the wild things are"
Star rating for Where the wild things are
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Description:
A naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king. After he is sent to bed without supper for behaving like a wild thing, Max dreams of a voyage to the island where the wild things are. Max, a naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.