Beaches. Poster of the 1988 movie and cover of the 1985 book
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Beaches
Iris Rainer Dart, 1985
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Garry Marshall, 1988

When CC Bloom, a brazen Jewish girl from the Bronx, and Hillary Whitney, a timid and reserved WASP from San Francisco, first met on the beach in Atlantic City at the age of eleven, they had nothing in common. However, they both deeply desired a close friend and began a correspondence that spanned the years.


Frankie and Johnny. Poster of the 1991 movie and cover of the 1987 book, Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune
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Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune
Terrence McNally, 1987
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Garry Marshall, 1991

An emotionally scarred waitress named Frankie attends her godson’s baptism in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Johnny has just been released from prison, and gets a job in the café beside waitress Frankie. Frankie is a bit of a loner, but Johnny is determined their romance will blossom.


The Princess Diaries. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the 2000 book
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The Princess Diaries
Meg Cabot, 2000
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Garry Marshall, 2001

Shy high school student Mia Thermopolis resides with her mother Helen in a refurbished firehouse in San Francisco. Unpopular among her peers, Mia suffers from a fear of public speaking while harboring a crush on Josh Bryant, and is often teased by his popular girlfriend Lana Thomas. Mia’s only friends are social outcast Lilly Moscovitz.


The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 2000 book, The Princess Diaries
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The Princess Diaries
Meg Cabot, 2000
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Garry Marshall, 2004

Five years after the first film, Mia Thermopolis has just graduated from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School and is returning to Genovia with her bodyguard, Joe. There, she will await her reign once her grandmother, Queen Clarisse, abdicates. During Mia’s 21st birthday party, she dances with all the eligible bachelors in hope of finding a husband.


Race to Witch Mountain. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 1968 book, Escape to Witch Mountain
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Escape to Witch Mountain
Alexander Key, 1968
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Andy Fickman, 2009

An alien spacecraft crashes near Searchlight, Nevada, 45 miles outside of Las Vegas. Project Moon Dust, a secret Defense Department unit led by Henry Burke, arrive at the scene of the crash in black helicopters. Men in black seize the spaceship and search for its passengers with the intention of harnessing their DNA and powers.


Race to Witch Mountain. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Race to Witch Mountain: The Junior Novel
James Ponti, 2009
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Andy Fickman, 2009

An alien spacecraft crashes near Searchlight, Nevada, 45 miles outside of Las Vegas. Project Moon Dust, a secret Defense Department unit led by Henry Burke, arrive at the scene of the crash in black helicopters. Men in black seize the spaceship and search for its passengers with the intention of harnessing their DNA and powers.


Chicken Little. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Chicken Little: The Junior Novelization
Irene Trimble, 2005
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Mark Dindal, 2005

In the small town of Oakey Oaks, which is populated by anthropomorphic animals, Chicken Little rings the school bell and warns everyone to run for their lives. His father, Buck Cluck, who was once a high school baseball star, assumes that this piece of sky was just an acorn that had fallen off the tree and had hit him on the head, making Chicken Little the laughingstock of the town.


Exit to Eden. Poster of the 1994 movie and cover of the 1985 book
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Exit to Eden
Anne Rice, 1985
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Garry Marshall, 1994

Elliot unintentionally takes photos of diamond smugglers at work while traveling to the island of Eden to indulge his fantasy of being a slave. Detectives and smugglers pursue him to the island, where they attempt to reclaim the movie. Lisa, the island’s head mistress, must assess her feelings toward Elliot and her own objectives as he starts to fall in love with her.