The Wind & the Reckoning. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 2001 book, The True Story of Kaluaikoolau
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The True Story of Kaluaikoolau
Piilani Kaluaikoolau, 2001
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David L. Cunningham, 2022

A handful of leprosy-infected Native Hawaiians bravely rebel against the provisional government as a leprosy epidemic sweeps through 19th-century colonial Hawai’i.


Lilo & Stitch. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Lilo & Stitch: The Junior Novelization
Kiki Thorpe, 2002
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Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders, 2002

Dr. Jumba Jookiba, an extraterrestrial mad scientist, is arrested by the Galactic Federation for illegal genetic experimentation, as evidenced by a small blue sentient alien named Experiment 626, who has unparalleled strength and intelligence but also a propensity to cause chaos. In spite of Nani’s doubts, Lilo renames 626 Stitch, and shows him around the island.


Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story. Poster of the 1993 movie and cover of the 1975 book, Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew
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Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew
Linda Lee, 1975
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Rob Cohen, 1993

A glimpse into the life, love and the unconquerable spirit of the legendary Bruce Lee. From a childhood of rigorous martial arts training, Lee realizes his dream of opening his own kung-fu school in America. Before long, he is discovered by a Hollywood producer and begins a meteoric rise to fame and an all too short reign as one the most charismatic action heroes in cinema history.


Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story. Poster of the 1993 movie and cover of the 1988 book, Bruce Lee: The Biography
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Bruce Lee: The Biography
Robert Clouse, 1988
movie vs book
Rob Cohen, 1993

A glimpse into the life, love and the unconquerable spirit of the legendary Bruce Lee. From a childhood of rigorous martial arts training, Lee realizes his dream of opening his own kung-fu school in America. Before long, he is discovered by a Hollywood producer and begins a meteoric rise to fame and an all too short reign as one the most charismatic action heroes in cinema history.


Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story. Poster of the 1993 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Dragon: the Bruce Lee story
Michael Jahn, 1993
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Rob Cohen, 1993

A glimpse into the life, love and the unconquerable spirit of the legendary Bruce Lee. From a childhood of rigorous martial arts training, Lee realizes his dream of opening his own kung-fu school in America. Before long, he is discovered by a Hollywood producer and begins a meteoric rise to fame and an all too short reign as one the most charismatic action heroes in cinema history.


The Jungle Book. Poster of the 1994 movie and cover of the 1894 book
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The Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling, 1894
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Stephen Sommers, 1994

In 1887, during the British Raj in India, Mowgli is the 5-year-old son of the widowed Nathoo, whose wife died in childbirth. Local hunter Buldeo and two soldiers kill several animals for sport, which enrages Shere Khan, a tiger who serves as the jungle’s keeper, and he begins to pursue the tour group. That night, Kitty gives Mowgli her late mother’s bracelet as a gift.


The Jungle Book. Poster of the 1994 movie and cover of the 1895 book, The Second Jungle Book
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The Second Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling, 1895
movie vs book
Stephen Sommers, 1994

In 1887, during the British Raj in India, Mowgli is the 5-year-old son of the widowed Nathoo, whose wife died in childbirth. Local hunter Buldeo and two soldiers kill several animals for sport, which enrages Shere Khan, a tiger who serves as the jungle’s keeper, and he begins to pursue the tour group. That night, Kitty gives Mowgli her late mother’s bracelet as a gift.


Mulan. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the 1695 book, Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties
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Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties
Zhu Renhuo, 1695
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Niki Caro, 2020

In Imperial China, Hua Mulan is an adventurous and active girl, to the disappointment of her parents, who hopes that one day she will be wed to a good husband. As a young woman, Mulan is forced to meet with a matchmaker to demonstrate her fitness as a future wife. Mulan, flustered, attempts to pour tea in front of the matchmaker, but a spider causes a panic that destroys the kettle, and the matchmaker calls her a disgrace in front of her family.


Mulan. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Mulan Live Action Novelization
Elizabeth Rudnick, 2020
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Niki Caro, 2020

In Imperial China, Hua Mulan is an adventurous and active girl, to the disappointment of her parents, who hopes that one day she will be wed to a good husband. As a young woman, Mulan is forced to meet with a matchmaker to demonstrate her fitness as a future wife. Mulan, flustered, attempts to pour tea in front of the matchmaker, but a spider causes a panic that destroys the kettle, and the matchmaker calls her a disgrace in front of her family.


Seventh Son. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 2004 book, The Spook's Apprentice
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The Spook's Apprentice
Joseph Delaney, 2004
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Sergey Bodrov, 2014

John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive.