From Book to Movie Part III: The Big Spreadsheet of Optioned Books
In the last few weeks, it was announced that the book KINGSTON AND THE MAGICIAN’S LOST AND FOUND had been optioned to be made into a movie for Disney, and we began this journey by talking with the authors about what that means. Earlier today, I walked you through a step by step process of the terms you may hear when discussing the journey from page to screen. And now – insert drum roll here please – I am sharing with you a huge spreadsheet I keep of books that have been optioned for the screen. I keep a spreadsheet on my laptop and as I see announcements, I paste the information in so that I can keep a running tab of what books may be coming to a screen near me. I like to know so that I can make sure and have the books in my library’s collection when the movie is released.
There are currently almost 100 middle grade and young adult titles on this spreadsheet, which means potentially a lot of book based movies coming our way.
I’m not going to lie, the spreadsheet is messy. But it’s also useful. I include the link to the announcement in case I need to go back and reference it, so be sure and scroll all the way to the end to see the links. Some of these books have already been released on the screen, but a lot of the announcements have come just this year so it gives you a good idea of what to look for in the coming years.
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| Title | Author | Publisher | Pub Date | Age Range | Series | Source |
| 500 Words or Less | Del Rosario, Juleah | Simon Pulse | 09/25/2018 | 14-19 | https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2018/10/gabrielle-union-to-produce-ya-adaptation-500-words-or-less/ | |
| A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts | Compestine, Ying Chang | https://deadline.com/2021/10/ya-book-a-banquet-for-hungry-ghosts-optioned-anthology-horror-series-by-108-media-1234858098/ | ||||
| A Song of Wraiths and Ruin | Brown, Roseanne A. | https://24hryabookblog.wordpress.com/2021/06/14/book-news-ya-books-optioned-for-adaptations/ | ||||
| A Very Large Expanse of Sea | Mafi, Tahereh | HarperTeen | 10/16/2018 | 12-19 | https://www.epicreads.com/blog/book-to-movie-adaptations-progress/ | |
| All the Bright Places | Niven, Jennifer | Knopf Books for Young Readers | 01/06/2015 | 14-19 | ||
| All This Time | Daughtry, Mikki | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers | 09/29/2020 | 12-19 | https://deadline.com/2020/02/all-this-time-five-feet-apart-follow-up-lionsgate-acquisition-1202862790/ | |
| American Born Chinese | https://gizmodo.com/american-born-chinese-coming-to-disney-from-shang-chi-1847794437 | |||||
| Beast Is an Animal, The | Van Arsdale, Peternelle | Margaret K. McElderry Books | 02/28/2017 | 14-19 | https://screenrant.com/ya-adaptations-development-possibilities/ | |
| Black Kids, The | Reed, Christina Hammonds | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers | 08/04/2020 | 14-19 | https://deadline.com/2020/01/the-black-kids-movie-wanuri-kahiu-director-gotham-group-1202843336/ | |
| Blackout | Various authors | https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/obamas-blackout-netflix-1234981021/ | ||||
| Butter | Lange, Erin Jade | Bloomsbury USA Childrens | 09/03/2013 | 14-19 | https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/butter-1287852/ | |
| Children of Blood and Bone | Adeyemi, Tomi | Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) | 03/06/2018 | 14-19 | Legacy of Orisha #1 | https://www.epicreads.com/blog/book-to-movie-adaptations-progress/ |
| Cinder | Meyer, Marissa | https://screenrant.com/ya-adaptations-development-possibilities/ | ||||
| Clap When You Land | Acevedo, Elizabeth | https://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelstrolle/upcoming-young-adult-film-adaptations-tv-film | ||||
| Dear Zoe | Beard, Philip | Plume | 04/25/2006 | Adult | https://www.perpetualpageturner.com/books-becoming-movies-upcoming/ | |
| Diabolic | Kincaid, S. J. | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers | 11/01/2016 | 14-19 | Diabolic #1 | https://screenrant.com/ya-adaptations-development-possibilities/ |
| Downstairs Girl, The | Lee, Stacey | G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers | 08/13/2019 | 12-19 | Reese’s book club. YA | https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/books-becoming-tv-and-streaming-series/ |
| Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets | Roskos, Evan | HMH Books for Young Readers | 04/07/2015 | 14-19 | https://www.epicreads.com/blog/book-to-movie-adaptations-progress/ | |
| Dry | Shusterman, Neal | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers | 10/02/2018 | 12-19 | https://screenrant.com/ya-adaptations-development-possibilities/ | |
| Eat Brains Love | Hart, Jeff | https://www.epicreads.com/blog/book-to-movie-adaptations-progress/ | ||||
| End and Other Beginnings, The | Roth, Veronica | https://www.epicreads.com/blog/book-to-movie-adaptations-progress/ | ||||
| Fear Street | Stine, R. L. | https://www.perpetualpageturner.com/books-becoming-movies-upcoming/ | ||||
| Felix Ever After | Callender, Kacen | Balzer + Bray | 05/05/2020 | 14-19 | https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/books-becoming-tv-and-streaming-series/ | |
| Firekeeper’s Daughter, The | Boulley, Angeiline | https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/books-becoming-tv-and-streaming-series/ | ||||
| Frankly in Love | Yoon, David | https://deadline.com/2021/10/paramount-players-unjoo-moon-frankly-in-love-movie-alloy-1234851196/ | ||||
| Gearbreakers | Mikuta, Zoe Hana | Feiwel and Friends | 06/29/2021 | 12-19 | https://deadline.com/2019/09/gearbreakers-movie-novel-zoe-hana-mikuta-mecha-aaron-magnani-1202743096/ | |
| Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, The | Lee, Mackenzi | Katherine Tegen Books | 06/27/2017 | 12-19 | https://www.epicreads.com/blog/gentlemans-guide-hbo-max/ | |
| Girls I’ve Been, The | Sharpe, Tess | https://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelstrolle/upcoming-young-adult-film-adaptations-tv-film | ||||
| Half Bad | Green, Sally (Novelist) | Speak | 01/13/2015 | 12-19 | Half bad trilogy #1 | https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/books-becoming-tv-and-streaming-series/ |
| Havenfall | Holland, Sara | Bloomsbury YA | 03/03/2020 | 14-19 | Havenfall #1 | https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/books-becoming-tv-and-streaming-series/ |
| Heartstopper | Oseman, Alice | https://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelstrolle/upcoming-young-adult-film-adaptations-tv-film | ||||
| Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between | Smith, Jennifer E. | Poppy | 09/01/2015 | 14-19 | https://deadline.com/2020/09/jordan-fisher-ace-entertainments-hello-goodbye-and-everything-in-between-1234581281/ | |
| Hush, Hush | Fitzpatrick, Becca | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers | 10/13/2009 | 14-19 | Hush, Hush saga #1 | https://screenrant.com/ya-adaptations-development-possibilities/ |
| I Believe in a Thing Called Love | Goo, Maurene | https://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelstrolle/upcoming-young-adult-film-adaptations-tv-film | ||||
| I Know What You Did Last Summer | Duncan, Lois | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | 05/05/2020 | 12-19 | https://www.thewrap.com/i-know-what-you-did-last-summer-amazon-tv-series-reboot-premiere-date/ | |
| I’ll Be the One | Lee, Lyla | https://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelstrolle/upcoming-young-adult-film-adaptations-tv-film | ||||
| Illuminae | Kaufman, Amie | Knopf Books for Young Readers | 10/20/2015 | 14-19 | Illuminae files #1 | https://screenrant.com/ya-adaptations-development-possibilities/ |
| Inheritance Games, The | Barnes, Jennifer | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | 09/01/2020 | 12-19 | Inheritance games duology #1 | https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/books-becoming-tv-and-streaming-series/ |
| Kingston and the | https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1200008-kingston-and-the-magicians-lost-found-film-disney | |||||
| Kissing Booth, The | Reekles, Beth | Delacorte Books for Young Readers | 05/14/2013 | 14-19 | ||
| Knife of Never Letting Go, The | Ness, Patrick | Candlewick Press | 09/11/2018 | 14-19 | Chaos walking #1 | https://www.perpetualpageturner.com/books-becoming-movies-upcoming/ |
| Legend | Lu, Marie | G.P. Putnam’s Sons | 11/29/2011 | 12-19 | Legend novel #1 | https://screenrant.com/ya-adaptations-development-possibilities/ |
| Legend | Lu, Marie | https://deadline.com/2021/11/legend-marie-lu-series-adaptation-bound-entertainment-lindsay-sturman-1234876679/ | ||||
| Let it Snow | Green, John et al | https://screenrant.com/ya-adaptations-development-possibilities/ | ||||
| Light as a Feather | Aarsen, Zoe | Simon Pulse | 10/09/2018 | 14-19 | Light as a feather #1 | |
| Like No Other | LaMarche, Una | Razorbill | 07/14/2015 | 12-19 | https://deadline.com/2021/07/debra-granik-to-direct-like-no-other-ya-film-una-lamarche-anne-rosellini-1234796147/ | |
| Long Way Down | Reynolds, Jason | Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books | 10/24/2017 | 12-19 | https://screenrant.com/ya-adaptations-development-possibilities/ | |
| Merciless, The | Vega, Danielle | https://screenrant.com/ya-adaptations-development-possibilities/ | ||||
| Midnight Club, The | Pike, Cristopher | https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/books-becoming-tv-and-streaming-series/ | ||||
| Monster | Myers, Walter Dean | HarperCollins | 04/21/1999 | 12-19 | https://www.slashfilm.com/monster-trailer-netflix/ | |
| Monument 14 | Laybourne, Emmy | https://screenrant.com/ya-adaptations-development-possibilities/ | ||||
| Moxie | Mathieu, Jennifer | Square Fish | 04/27/2021 | 14-19 | https://www.perpetualpageturner.com/books-becoming-movies-upcoming/ | |
| My Life with the Walter Boys | Novak, Ali | https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/books-becoming-tv-and-streaming-series/ | ||||
| Mysterious Benedict Society, The | Stewart, Trenton Lee | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | 05/02/2017 | 8-12 | Mysterious Benedict Society #1 | |
| Naughts & Crosses | Blackman, Malorie | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers | 06/01/2005 | 14-19 | https://deadline.com/2020/08/noughts-crosses-peacock-bbc-1203021517/ | |
| On the Come Up | Thomas, Angie | Balzer + Bray | 02/05/2019 | 14-19 | https://www.epicreads.com/blog/book-to-movie-adaptations-progress/ | |
| One of Us Is Lying | McManus, Karen M. | Delacorte Press | 05/30/2017 | 14-19 | https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/books-becoming-tv-and-streaming-series/ | |
| Opposite of Always | Reynolds, Justin A. | Katherine Tegen Books | 03/05/2019 | 14-19 | https://www.epicreads.com/blog/book-to-movie-adaptations-progress/ | |
| Panic | Oliver, Lauren | HarperCollins | 03/04/2014 | 14-19 | ||
| Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One) | Riordan, Rick | Disney Press | 06/28/2005 | 10-14 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians #1 | https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/books-becoming-tv-and-streaming-series/ |
| Permanent Record | Choi, Mary H. K. | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers | 09/03/2019 | 14-19 | ||
| Pride | Zoboi, Ibi | https://24hryabookblog.wordpress.com/2021/06/14/book-news-ya-books-optioned-for-adaptations/ | ||||
| Red Queen | Aveyard, Victoria | HarperTeen | 02/10/2015 | 12-19 | Red queen #1 | https://screenrant.com/ya-adaptations-development-possibilities/ |
| Red Rising | Brown, Pierce | Del Rey | 01/28/2014 | Adult | Red rising saga #1 | https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/books-becoming-tv-and-streaming-series/ |
| Rules for Vanishing | Marshall, Kate Alice | Viking Books for Young Readers | 09/24/2019 | 12-19 | https://deadline.com/2019/11/former-lionsgate-co-chairmen-rob-friedman-patrick-wachsberger-rights-rules-for-vanishing-book-1202777998/ | |
| Sandcastle Empire, The | Olson, Kayla | HarperTeen | 06/06/2017 | 14-19 | https://screenrant.com/ya-adaptations-development-possibilities/ | |
| Scythe | Shusterman, Neal | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers | 11/22/2016 | 12-19 | Arc of a Scythe #1 | https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/universal-adapt-neal-shusterman-ya-891595/ |
| Selection, The | Cass, Kiera | HarperTeen | 04/24/2012 | 12-19 | Selection #1 | https://screenrant.com/ya-adaptations-development-possibilities/ |
| Shadow and Bone | Bardugo, Leigh | Henry Holt & Company | 06/05/2012 | 12-19 | Grisha trilogy #1 | |
| Shatter Me | Mafi, Tahereh | https://screenrant.com/ya-adaptations-development-possibilities/ | ||||
| Shelter (Book One) | Coben, Harlan | Speak | 08/21/2012 | 12-19 | Mickey Bolitar #1 | https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/books-becoming-tv-and-streaming-series/ |
| Sky Is Everywhere, The | Nelson, Jandy | Dial Books for Young Readers | 03/09/2010 | 14-19 | https://screenrant.com/ya-adaptations-development-possibilities/ | |
| Somewhere Only We Know | Goo, Maurene | https://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelstrolle/upcoming-young-adult-film-adaptations-tv-film | ||||
| Sorta Like a Rockstar | Quick, Mathew | https://screenrant.com/ya-adaptations-development-possibilities/ | ||||
| Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, The | Smith, Jennifer E. | https://screenrant.com/ya-adaptations-development-possibilities/ | ||||
| Summer I Turned Pretty, The | Han, Jenny | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers | 05/05/2009 | 12-19 | https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/books-becoming-tv-and-streaming-series/ | |
| There You’ll Find Me : The book that inspired the movie “Finding You,” in theaters May 14, 2021 | Jones, Jenny B. | Thomas Nelson | 10/03/2011 | 12-19 | https://www.perpetualpageturner.com/books-becoming-movies-upcoming/ | |
| There’s Someone Inside Your House | Perkins, Stephanie | Dutton Books for Young Readers | 09/26/2017 | 14-19 | https://www.perpetualpageturner.com/books-becoming-movies-upcoming/ | |
| They Wish They Were Us | Goodman, Jessica | Razorbill | 08/04/2020 | 14-19 | https://the-bibliofile.com/2021-books-to-movies-tv-film-adaptations/ | |
| This is My America | Johnson, Kim | https://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelstrolle/upcoming-young-adult-film-adaptations-tv-film | ||||
| Tiger Rising, The | DiCamillo, Kate | Candlewick Press | 03/01/2001 | 10-14 | http://www.penguinteen.com/everything-we-know-about-the-they-wish-they-were-us-tv-series-adaptation/ | |
| To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before | Han, Jenny | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers | 04/15/2014 | 12-19 | To all the boys I’ve loved before #1 | |
| Truthwitch | Dennard, Susan | https://24hryabookblog.wordpress.com/2021/06/14/book-news-ya-books-optioned-for-adaptations/ | ||||
| Uglies | Westerfeld, Scott | Simon Pulse | 05/03/2011 | 12-19 | Uglies #1 | https://screenrant.com/ya-adaptations-development-possibilities/ |
| Unremembered | Brody, Jessica | https://screenrant.com/ya-adaptations-development-possibilities/ | ||||
| Upside of Unrequited, The | Albertalli, Becky | https://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelstrolle/upcoming-young-adult-film-adaptations-tv-film | ||||
| Vampire Academy | Mead, Richelle | Razorbill | 11/29/2016 | 12-19 | Vampire Academy | https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/books-becoming-tv-and-streaming-series/ |
| Victories Greater Than Death | Anders, Charlie Jane | https://deadline.com/2021/09/victories-greater-than-death-series-adaptation-amazon-studios-michael-b-jordan-1234832361/ | ||||
| Warcross | Lu, Marie | https://24hryabookblog.wordpress.com/2021/06/14/book-news-ya-books-optioned-for-adaptations/ | ||||
| We Hunt the Flame | Fazal, Hafsah | https://24hryabookblog.wordpress.com/2021/06/14/book-news-ya-books-optioned-for-adaptations/ | ||||
| What Girls are Made Of | Arnold, Elena K. | https://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelstrolle/upcoming-young-adult-film-adaptations-tv-film | ||||
| What If It’s Us | Albertalli, Becky | HarperTeen | 10/09/2018 | 14-19 | https://www.epicreads.com/blog/book-to-movie-adaptations-progress/ | |
| When Dimple Met Rishi | Menon, Sandhya | Simon Pulse | 05/30/2017 | 12-19 | https://thebookedshelf.wordpress.com/2020/07/20/when-dimple-met-rishi-adaptation-headed-to-netflix/ | |
| When You Were Mine | Serle, Rebecca | https://rivetedlit.com/2021/08/02/books-being-made-into-movies/ | ||||
| Whispering Skull, The | Stroud, Jonathan | Disney-Hyperion | 09/16/2014 | 8-12 | Lockwood & Co. #2 | https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/books-becoming-tv-and-streaming-series/ |
| Why We Broke Up | Handler, Danile | https://screenrant.com/ya-adaptations-development-possibilities/ | ||||
| Wicked Deep, The | Ernshaw, Shea | Simon Pulse | 03/06/2018 | 14-19 | https://screenrant.com/ya-adaptations-development-possibilities/ | |
| Winter Turning | Sutherland, Tui | Scholastic Press | 06/30/2015 | 8-12 | Wings of fire | https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/books-becoming-tv-and-streaming-series/ |
From Books to Movies
Part I: An interview with KINGSTON AND THE MAGICIAN’S LOST AND FOUND authors Rucker Moses and Theo Gangi
Part II: The words we hear on the journey from page to screen and what they all mean
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About Karen Jensen, MLS
Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 32 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).
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