Million Dollar Baby. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 2000 book, Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner
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Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner
F.X. Toole, 2000
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Clint Eastwood, 2004

Margaret, a waitress from a Missouri town in the Ozarks, shows up at the Hit Pit, a run-down Los Angeles gym owned and operated by Frankie Dunn, an old cantankerous Irish-American boxing trainer. Maggie works out tirelessly each day in his gym, even after Frankie tells her she’s too old to begin a boxing career at her age.


Freedom Writers. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 1999 book, The Freedom Writers Diary
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The Freedom Writers Diary
Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers, 1999
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Richard LaGravenese, 2007

In 1994 in Long Beach, California, Erin Gruwell has been accepted to teach English for at-risk students at Woodrow Wilson High School—a once highly acclaimed school which has declined since voluntary integration had been enforced. Erin struggles to form a connection with her students and observes numerous fights between some of them, who are in rival gangs.


You're Not You. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 2006 book
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You're Not You
Michelle Wildgen, 2006
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George C. Wolfe, 2014

An accomplished pianist who has been diagnosed with the terminal illness ALS hires a young woman without direction to be her full-time caregiver. Despite their differences, the two form a close bond as they help each other live life to the fullest. The challenging circumstances of their situation bring them together in a meaningful way.


P.S. I Love You. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 2004 book
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P.S. I Love You
Cecelia Ahern, 2004
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Richard LaGravenese, 2007

Holly and Gerry are a married couple who live on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. One winter, Gerry dies of a brain tumor, and Holly realizes how much he meant to her as well as how insignificant their arguments and differences were. She doesn’t want to live anymore without him.


The Homesman. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 1988 book
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The Homesman
Glendon Swarthout, 1988
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Tommy Lee Jones, 2014

In 1854 Mary Bee Cuddy is a 31-year-old spinster from New York, a former teacher who journeyed to the Midwest for more opportunity. She is an active member of the small farming community of Loup in the Nebraska Territory, and has significant financial prospects and sizable land ownership. She seems strong and independent, but suffers from depression and feels isolated.


Amelia. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 1989 book, The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart
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The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart
Mary S. Lovell, 1989
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Mira Nair, 2009

On July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, are on the last leg of an around-the-world flight. Moving in vignettes from her early years, the movie is look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.


Amelia. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 1997 book, East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart
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East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart
Susan Butler, 1997
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Mira Nair, 2009

On July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, are on the last leg of an around-the-world flight. Moving in vignettes from her early years, the movie is look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.


Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Poster of the 1992 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Richie Tankersley Cusick, 1992
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Fran Rubel Kuzui, 1992

High school senior Buffy Summers attends Hemery High School in Los Angeles; her main concerns are shopping and spending time with her rich, snooty friends and her boyfriend, Jeffrey. Two young men, Oliver Pike and Benny, who resented Buffy and her friends due to differing social circles, are out drinking when they’re attacked by Amilyn.


The Black Dahlia. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 1987 book
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The Black Dahlia
James Ellroy, 1987
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Brian De Palma, 2006

LAPD Detectives Dwight Bucky Bleichert and Lee Blanchard are paired as partners after engaging in a boxing match to raise funds for the department. He also discovers that Kay has been branded with the initials BD, for Bobby DeWitt, the gangster whose arrest and conviction for a big bank robbery made Lee’s career.


Sometimes They Come Back... Again. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1974 book, Sometimes They Come Back
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Sometimes They Come Back
Stephen King, 1974
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Adam Grossman, 1996

Psychologist Jon Porter learns that his mother has just mysteriously fallen to her death. Jon and his teenage daughter Michelle return to Jon’s hometown of Glenrock for his mother’s funeral. Once there, painful memories return. Thirty years earlier, when Jon was a child, he witnessed the brutal murder of his older sister Lisa, who was stabbed to death in a cave by a thug named Tony Reno and his two friends Vinnie and Sean.