Coco. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Coco: The Junior Novelization
Angela Cervantes, 2017
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina, 2017

In Santa Cecilia, Mexico, Miguel dreams of becoming a musician, even though his family strictly forbids it. His great-great-grandmother Imelda was married to a man who left her and their daughter Coco to pursue a career in music, and when he never returned, Imelda discarded all forms of music from her family’s life before starting a shoemaking business.


Doctor Strange. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 1978 comic book, Doctor Strange Master of the Mystic Arts
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Doctor Strange Master of the Mystic Arts
Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, 1978
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Scott Derrickson, 2016

In Kathmandu, the sorcerer Kaecilius and his zealots enter the secret compound Kamar-Taj and behead its librarian. They steal a few pages from an ancient, mystical text belonging to the Ancient One, a long-lived sorcerer who has taught every student at Kamar-Taj, including Kaecilius, in the mystic arts.


Doctor Strange. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Doctor Strange: The Junior Novel
Steve Behling, 2016
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Scott Derrickson, 2016

In Kathmandu, the sorcerer Kaecilius and his zealots enter the secret compound Kamar-Taj and behead its librarian. They steal a few pages from an ancient, mystical text belonging to the Ancient One, a long-lived sorcerer who has taught every student at Kamar-Taj, including Kaecilius, in the mystic arts.


Despicable Me 2. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Despicable Me 2: The Junior Novel
Annie Auerbach, 2013
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud, 2013

A mysterious aircraft, using a giant magnet, steals a highly potent mutagen known as PX-41 from a secret laboratory in the Arctic Circle. Director Silas Ramsbottom of the Anti-Villain League (AVL) sends one of his agents, Lucy Wilde, to recruit Gru, a former supervillain. The pair are stationed at the Paradise Shopping Mall, with a cupcake store as their front.


The Woodsman. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 2009 book
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The Woodsman
Steven Fechter, 2009
movie vs book
Nicole Kassell, 2004

Walter, a convicted child molester, returns home to Philadelphia after serving 12 years in prison. His friends and family have abandoned him, with the exception of his brother-in-law. Walter’s apartment is just across the street from an elementary school, an obvious source of temptation. He gets a job at a local lumber mill and meets Vicki, one of the few women working there.


The Infiltrator. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2009 book
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The Infiltrator
Robert Mazur, 2009
movie vs book
Brad Furman, 2016

During the 1980s, U.S. Customs Service special agent Robert Mazur uses his undercover alias Bob Musella to become a pivotal player for drug lords laundering their dirty cash. Later, he infiltrates the world’s largest cartel, and helps expose the money-laundering organization of drug lord Pablo Escobar and take down the Bank of Credit and Commerce International.


Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 1978 book, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett, 1978
movie vs book
Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, 2009

Flint Lockwood is an aspiring scientist who lives in Swallow Falls, a tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean that has sardines as the base of its economy, but the Baby Brent Sardines cannery has closed and gone bankrupt due to worldwide disgust of sardines as food, which was all the residents had to eat from then on. Flint lives with Tim, his widowed father, and his pet monkey, Steve. When Flint turns the machine back on, it ends up rocketing through town which accidentally destroys the town square of the Sardine Land before ultimately rocketing up into the sky.


Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Stacia Deutsch, 2009
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, 2009

Flint Lockwood is an aspiring scientist who lives in Swallow Falls, a tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean that has sardines as the base of its economy, but the Baby Brent Sardines cannery has closed and gone bankrupt due to worldwide disgust of sardines as food, which was all the residents had to eat from then on. Flint lives with Tim, his widowed father, and his pet monkey, Steve. When Flint turns the machine back on, it ends up rocketing through town which accidentally destroys the town square of the Sardine Land before ultimately rocketing up into the sky.


Clear and Present Danger. Poster of the 1994 movie and cover of the 1989 book
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Clear and Present Danger
Tom Clancy, 1989
movie vs book
Phillip Noyce, 1994

The discovery of the murder of an American businessman, Peter Hardin, and his family, outrages U.S. President Bennett, Hardin’s personal friend. When Hardin is found to have been connected to a Colombian drug cartel, from which he skimmed over $650 million, Bennett tells James Cutter, his National Security Advisor, that the cartels represent a clear and present danger to the United States, tacitly instructing him to use force against the men responsible for his friend’s murder.


The Great Raid. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1994 book
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The Great Raid
William B. Breuer, 1994
movie vs book
John Dahl, 2005

Set in the Philippines in 1945 towards the end of WWII, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Mucci and Captain Robert Prince, the 6th Ranger Battalion undertake a daring rescue mission against all odds. Traveling thirty miles behind enemy lines, they intend to liberate over 500 American Soldiers from the notorious Cabanatuan Japanese POW camp in the most audacious rescue ever.


The Great Raid. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 2001 book, Ghost Soldiers
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Ghost Soldiers
Hampton Sides, 2001
movie vs book
John Dahl, 2005

Set in the Philippines in 1945 towards the end of WWII, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Mucci and Captain Robert Prince, the 6th Ranger Battalion undertake a daring rescue mission against all odds. Traveling thirty miles behind enemy lines, they intend to liberate over 500 American Soldiers from the notorious Cabanatuan Japanese POW camp in the most audacious rescue ever.


Thumbsucker. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1999 book
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Thumbsucker
Walter Kirn, 1999
movie vs book
Mike Mills, 2005

Justin Cobb is a shy 17-year-old teenager who still sucks his thumb. Realizing it’s totally disrupting his home, love and school love life, he allows his orthodontist to break him of the habit through hypnosis. Justin begins to experiment with prescription drugs, pot and sex as alternate means to overcome his anxieties and become normal, never realizing normal is just a state of mind.