Nancy Drew. Poster of the 2019 TV series and cover of the 1930 book, The Secret of the Old Clock
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The Secret of the Old Clock
Carolyn Keene, 1930
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Noga Landau, Stephanie Savage, Josh Schwartz, 2019-

Young Nancy Drew makes plans to leave her hometown for college after high school graduation, but finds herself drawn into a supernatural murder mystery when she and her four friends are witnesses (and suspects) to a murder and they all team up to find the person responsible.


I Know What You Did Last Summer. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1973 book
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I Know What You Did Last Summer
Lois Duncan, 1973
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Jim Gillespie, 1997

On the Fourth of July 1996 in Southport, North Carolina, Julie James and her friends Ray Bronson, Helen Shivers, and Barry Cox drive to the beach. While driving along a coastal byway, they accidentally hit a pedestrian. The group decides to dump the body in the water and never discuss what happened. A year later in 1997, Julie receives a letter with no return address, stating, ‘I know what you did last summer!’.


Scooby-Doo. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Scooby-Doo
Suzanne Weyn, 2002
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Raja Gosnell, 2002

The members of Mystery, Inc. solve the case of the Luna Ghost. At the airport, they are reunited with the rest of Mystery, Inc. and learn that Fred has become a popular author, Velma works for NASA, and Daphne has undertaken martial arts to avoid kidnappers.


Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Suzanne Weyn, 2004
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Raja Gosnell, 2004

Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo attend the opening of an exhibition at the Coolsonian Criminology Museum commemorating their past solved cases with monster costumes on display. Scooby and Shaggy, after overhearing the rest of the gang criticizing their tendency to bumble every operation, resolve to better themselves and act like real detectives.


I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the 1973 book, I Know What You Did Last Summer
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I Know What You Did Last Summer
Lois Duncan, 1973
movie vs book
Danny Cannon, 1998

One year after brutal murders of her friends Helen Shivers and Barry Cox by the vengeful fisherman, Ben Willis, Julie James is attending summer classes in Boston. She finds her friends and they return to find no sign of Darick’s body and the hotel manager refuses to believe her story.