Finding Dory. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Finding Dory: The Junior Novelization
Suzanne Francis, 2016
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Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane, 2016

Dory, the regal blue tang, gets separated from her parents, Jenny and Charlie, as a child. As she grows up, Dory attempts to search for them, but gradually forgets them due to her short-term memory loss. Later, she joins Marlin the clownfish, looking for Nemo.


Goon. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 2002 book, Goon: Memoir of a Minor League Hockey Enforcer
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Goon: Memoir of a Minor League Hockey Enforcer
Doug Smith, Adam Frattasio, 2002
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Michael Dowse, 2011

Doug Glatt is a polite, kind-hearted, but dimwitted bouncer at a bar in Massachusetts. Meanwhile, veteran enforcer and Doug’s idol Ross The Boss Rhea is demoted to the minors after serving a 20-game suspension for slashing an opponent in the head from behind.


Taking Woodstock. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 2006 book
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Taking Woodstock
Elliot Tiber, 2006
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Ang Lee, 2009

Set in 1969, the film follows the true story of Elliot Tiber, whose parents own the small dilapidated El Monaco Resort in White Lake. When Elliot hears that a neighboring town has pulled the permit on a hippie music festival, he calls the producers thinking he could drum up some much-needed business for his parents’ run-down motel. Three weeks later, half a million people are on their way to his neighbor’s farm in White Lake, New York.


Over the Hedge. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Over The Hedge
Louise Gikow, 2006
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Tim Johnson, Karey Kirkpatrick, 2006

RJ the raccoon fails to get a stuck bag of Doritos to fall from a vending machine. He decides to raid the food stash of Vincent, a hibernating bear. However, Vincent awakens and the food is accidentally destroyed during the ensuing chase. RJ promises, on pain of death, to replace it in a week’s time. The bag of chips falls moments later, to RJ’s intense frustration.


Father of the Bride. Poster of the 1991 movie and cover of the 1948 book
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Father of the Bride
Edward Streeter, 1948
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Charles Shyer, 1991

George Banks is the owner of a successful athletic shoe company in San Marino, California. His 22-year-old daughter Annie, freshly graduated from college, returns home from Europe and announces that she is engaged to Bryan MacKenzie, despite their only having known each other for three months. George does not want to let go of his daughter.


Splash. Poster of the 1984 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Splash
Ian Don, 1984
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Ron Howard, 1984

In 1964, eight-year-old Allen Bauer is vacationing with his family near Cape Cod. Underwater, he encounters a mermaid girand inexplicably finds himself able to breathe under water. However, Allen is pulled back to the surface, and the two are separated. Twenty years later, Allen returns to Cape Cod, where he encounters eccentric scientist Dr. Walter Kornbluth, who is determined to discover legendary sea creatures.


Astro Boy. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 1952 comic book
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Astro Boy
Osamu Tezuka, 1952
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David Bowers, 2009

Toby Tenma is a teenager who lives in the futuristic city-state of Metro City, that floats above the polluted surface on Earth. His father, Dr. Tenma, meets President Stone to show the Peacekeeper, an advanced defensive robot that will activate using the Blue and Red cores, two energy cores that emit respective opposing positive and negative energy created by Dr. Elefun.


Astro Boy. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Astro Boy: The Movie
Scott Tipton, 2009
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David Bowers, 2009

Toby Tenma is a teenager who lives in the futuristic city-state of Metro City, that floats above the polluted surface on Earth. His father, Dr. Tenma, meets President Stone to show the Peacekeeper, an advanced defensive robot that will activate using the Blue and Red cores, two energy cores that emit respective opposing positive and negative energy created by Dr. Elefun.


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
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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.