A Walk to Remember. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1999 book
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A Walk to Remember
Nicholas Sparks, 1999
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Adam Shankman, 2002

In Beaufort, North Carolina, popular and rebellious high school senior Landon Carter and his friends have partaken in underage drinking on school grounds. They lure a new student, Clay Gephardt, to a factory in the hopes of pranking him, with the façade that this is an initiation task into their elite friendship group.


Hairspray. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Hairspray: The Novel
Tracey West, 2007
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Adam Shankman, 2007

In 1962, Tracy Turnblad is a 16-year-old heavyset high school student living in Baltimore. Along with her best friend, Tracy regularly watches The Corny Collins Show, a local teen dance television show. The teenagers who dance on the show attend Tracy and Penny’s high school, including Amber von Tussle and her boyfriend Link Larkin, the lead dancers.


Bedtime Stories. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Bedtime Stories: The Junior Novel
Helena Mayer, 2008
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Adam Shankman, 2008

As a child, in 1974, Young Skeeter Bronson was promised by his father Martin Marty that he would be the manager of the family motel, the Sunny Vista Motel. Twenty-five years later, in 1999, the motel has been bought and rebuilt into a bigger hotel by the hotel chain Nottingham Hotels, and was renamed the Sunny Vista Nottingham Hotel, due to Marty being in debt and bankruptcy, and Skeeter is stuck as its handyman.


Disenchanted. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Disenchanted: The Junior Novelization
Disney Books, 2022
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Adam Shankman, 2022

Giselle, Robert, and Morgan relocate from Manhattan to a new home in the Monroeville suburb ten years after their happily ever after. Malvina Monroe, who runs the neighborhood and has bad intentions for the family, is in charge. Giselle uses the magic wand to make wishes that their life were a wonderful fairy tale whenever difficulties emerge. Before the clock strikes midnight, Giselle races to save her family and her native Andalasia after the magic backfires and things spiral out of control.


Cheaper by the Dozen 2. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1948 book, Cheaper by the Dozen
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Cheaper by the Dozen
Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Frank B. Gilbreth Jr., 1948
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Adam Shankman, 2005

Two years after Tom Baker resigned from his head coaching position, his family begins to undergo many changes, beginning with his daughter Lorraine’s internship with Allure magazine in New York City. Tom’s old rival, Jimmy Murtaugh, his new wife Sarina, and their large family (with only eight kids) are also staying at the lake for the summer.


Cheaper by the Dozen 2. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1950 book, Belles on Their Toes
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Belles on Their Toes
Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Frank B. Gilbreth Jr., 1950
movie vs book
Adam Shankman, 2005

Two years after Tom Baker resigned from his head coaching position, his family begins to undergo many changes, beginning with his daughter Lorraine’s internship with Allure magazine in New York City. Tom’s old rival, Jimmy Murtaugh, his new wife Sarina, and their large family (with only eight kids) are also staying at the lake for the summer.