The eNotes Blog 8 Novels Turning Into Movies in 2015 Get Your eNotes BookSummaries

8 Novels Turning Into Movies in 2015 Get Your BookSummaries Beloved books turned film are probably one of the biggest cornerstones of  todays cultural foundation (Harry Potter, Twilight, Fault in Our Starsmust I go on?). This coupling  allows fans to extend  their fanaticism  from the pages to the big screen. But sometimes we, er, forget the main points, characters, and themes of the bookand suddenly its opening night. The read-a-thon we planned got pushed to the side (probably by a Netflix marathon, oops) and we could  simply  use a refresher. Luckily, we have just the refresher you need on the top eight 2015 movies-inspired-by-books with book summaries. 1. Paper Towns,  July 24 Quentin Jacobsen is a seventeen-year-old living in an Orlando-area high school. He has been in love with his childhood best friend, Margo, his entire life. Quentin is an intelligent boy and Margo has a reputation for being tough and cool. When they were nine years old, he and Margo shared a discovery that changed their lives forever. Read more on .  Ã¢â€ â€™ 2. Ten Thousand Saints,  August 14 On New Year’s Eve, 1987, teenaged friends Teddy and Jude smoke pot beneath the stadium grandstand of a small college in Lintonburg, Vermont. Teddy and Jude have been best friends since seventh grade, when Teddy moved to Lintonburg with his mother Queen Bea and his half-brother Johnny. Both Teddy and Jude have been abandoned by their fathers; Teddy never knew his, and Jude’s adopted father, Les, left for New York City when he was nine.  Read more on .  Ã¢â€ â€™ 3. Z for Zachariah,  August 28 The novel takes its title from a religious alphabet book that Ann had as a child, which began â€Å"A is for Adam† and concluded â€Å"Z is for Zachariah†- a progression that led the toddler to deduce that if Adam was the first man, then Zachariah must be the last. This point emphasizes that O’Brien’s narrative will be an inverted Creation story, although it is less about the creation of a new world than it is about the hoped-for reclamation and reformation of an old one.  Read more on .  Ã¢â€ â€™ 4. A Walk in the Woods,  September 2 The central theme which runs through all of A Walk in the Woods is the difference between two quite separate worlds: the civilized world of home and the wild world of the untamed wilderness. Bryson is constantly amazed at the ease with which one passes into the latter and the difficulty of returning to the former.  Read more on .  Ã¢â€ â€™ 5. Mockingjay (book), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (film), November 21 (*Beginning of Chapter 13 Summary) Katniss is back in the hospital. Now, her neck is being treated. Fortunately, her spine and voice box have not been ruined by Peeta’s attempts to strangle her. She reflects that if she had been alone in the room with Peeta, she would have died. Even Haymitch is shocked by what has happened to Peeta.  Read more on .  Ã¢â€ â€™ 6. Into Thin Air (book), Everest (film),  September 18 The author of the bestselling INTO THE WILD (1996) and an acclaimed journalist, Jon Krakauer was assigned by OUTSIDE magazine to write an article concerning how commercialized the climbing of Mount Everest had become. Some climbers have paid as much as $65,000 to join a guided group that would lead them to the summit. Krakauer makes the point that high-altitude climbing is dangerous even for the most veteran of climbers let alone for any novice group member. The author bluntly states that some of the novices were not qualified to climb Mount Everest.  Read more on .  Ã¢â€ â€™ 7. Peter Pan (book), Pan (film),  October 9 In the nursery of the Darling home, a dog is the nurse, or nanny. Perhaps that is one reason there is so much joy there. Nurse Nana bathes the three children and gives them their suppers and in all ways watches over them. One night, Mrs. Darling, on Nana’s night off, sits with the children as they sleep. Drowsing, she is awakened by a slight draft from the window, and, looking around, she sees a strange boy in the room.  Read more on .  Ã¢â€ â€™ 8. Frankenstein (book), Victor Frankenstein (film),  November 25 Robert Walton, an explorer, describes his trip to the Arctic in letters to his sister, Margaret Saville, who lives in England. After discussing his preparations for the trip, one of Walton’s letters informs Margaret that his ship is stuck and surrounded by ice. Walton then relates a strange event: As they looked out on the enormous ice field, Walton and his crew saw a gigantic man being pulled by a dogsled. The following day they discovered another, smaller man, desperately ill, adrift on a sheet of ice. Walton writes that he brought the man onto his ship, allowed him to rest, and attempted to nurse him back to health. After a week the man was able to talk and told Walton an incredible story. The man’s name is Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist born in Geneva, Switzerland.  Read more on .  Ã¢â€ â€™ Will you be catching any of these blockbusters this fall? Let us know in the comments!