JCPL Teens

Motion picture companies have expressed interest in producing movies from more than 60 young adult books. Take a look at the list and tell me which books you would most like to see made into movies. For me, it’s hard to choose. It’s like being a kid in a candy store, but a few I’d love to see made as movies are Delirium, Divergent, The Book Thief, The Graveyard Book,and...and...and … Next year’s confirmed movies from best-selling teen books are:

Beautiful Creatures - Feb. 13, 2013

 In a small South Carolina town, where it seems little has changed since the Civil War, sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with whom he shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret that may be revealed on her sixteenth birthday. The movie trailer rocks!

Ender's Game - Mar. 15, 2013

Six-year-old Ender Wiggin and his siblings at Battle School are being tested and trained to determine whether they possess the abilities to remake the world-- if the world survives an all-out war with an alien enemy.

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters - Mar. 26, 2013

Demi-god Percy Jackson and his friends must journey into the Sea of Monsters to save their camp. But first Percy will discover a secret that makes him wonder whether being claimed as Poseidon's son is an honor or a cruel joke.

Mortal Instruments (City of Bones) - Aug. 23, 2013

 Suddenly able to see demons and the Shadowhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is drawn into a bizzare world when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a monster.

The Seventh Son - Oct. 18, 2013

 Young Tom, the seventh son of a seventh son, starts work as as an apprentice for the village spook, whose job it is to protect ordinary folk from "ghouls, boggarts, and all manner of wicked beasties." 

Catching Fire - Nov. 22, 2013

By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss and Peeta have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.