Category Archives: New on the Shelves

13 Reasons Why: The Movie

I just read that there is a plan to make Jay Asher’s super popular teen novel 13 Reasons Why into a feature film. Here’s the bigger news, I guess…Selena Gomez is expected to star as Hanna Baker. When we discussed this at Teen Advisory Board yesterday, I think the overall consensus was “HUH!?!” If you […]

Incarceron: The Movie

Last night I read news of another teen book that will be made into a feature film, this one to reportedly star Taylor Lautner. The book is Incarceron, by Catherine Fisher. Here’s the description from the library catalog, “To free herself from an upcoming arranged marriage, Claudia, the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, a […]

Maze Runner: The Movie

So, another popular teen book may be on its way to the theater. The Maze Runner, by James Dashner, looks to be one of the latest projects of Catherine Hardwicke, the director of the first Twilight film. This is still early, so who know if it will work out. If you haven’t read the book, […]

Books Into Movies for Teens – October 2010

Here are a few books into movies stories that might interest you readers out there. First, looks like City of Bones, book 1 in Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments series, will be made into a movie. Mtv has suggesteda few options for Clary.   Also, If I Stay, Gayle Forman’s very popular book about a […]