Arts & Entertainment
In Other Words: Books Into Movies
Some of your favorite characters are coming to the big screen.
So many books are currently being turned into movies. Here are some upcoming releases that were first popular books, courtesy of the .
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
On the 60th anniversary of the 1942 roundup of Jews by the French police, American journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an article on this dark episode during World War II and embarks on an investigation that leads her to long-hidden family secrets and to the ordeal of Sarah, a young girl caught up in the raid.
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Movie Release: Sarah’s Key (July 22, 2011)
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
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In Jackson, Miss., in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women--black and white, mothers and daughters--view one another.
Movie Release: The Help (Aug., 10, 2011)
One Day by David Nicholls
Over 20 years, snapshots of an unlikely relationship are revealed on the same day--July 15th--of each year. Dex Mayhew and Em Morley face squabbles and fights, hopes and missed opportunities, laughter and tears. And as the true meaning of this one crucial day is revealed, they must come to grips with the nature of love and life itself.
Movie Release: One Day (Aug. 19, 2011)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret : a novel in words and pictures by Brian Selznick
This Caldecott-winning Brian Selznick novel is about the story of a resourceful boy (Hugo Cabret) who lives in a train station and teams up with a spirited young girl to solve a mystery that is based in his past and affects both of their futures.
Movie Release: Hugo Cabret (Nov. 23, 2011)
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the 12 districts against one another, 16-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.
Movie Release: Hunger Games (March 23, 2012)
