Pay It Forward. Poster of the 2000 movie and cover of the 1999 book
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Pay It Forward
Catherine Ryan Hyde, 1999
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Mimi Leder, 2000

Trevor begins 7th grade in Las Vegas, Nevada. His social studies, teacher Eugene Simonet, gives the class an assignment to devise and put into action a plan that will change the world for the better. His first good deed is to let a homeless man named Jerry live in his garage, and Jerry pays the favor forward by doing car repairs for Trevor’s mother.


Small Soldiers. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Small Soldiers
Gavin Scott, 1998
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Joe Dante, 1998

Top defense contractor GloboTech Industries acquires the Heartland Toy Company and as part of the move, Globotech CEO Gil Mars tells Heartland toy designers Larry Benson and Irwin Wayfair to develop actual live action toys capable of playing back. Faced with a tight three-month deadline for the toys’ release, Larry forgoes safety testing, then uses Irwin’s password and chooses GloboTech’s X1000 microprocessor to activate the toys.


Black River. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the 1999 book
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Black River
Dean Koontz, 1999
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Jeff Bleckner, 2001

Burned-out Hollywood screenwriter, Bo Aikens, arrives in picturesque Black River, seeking relaxation and artistic inspiration. Initially, he finds it, along with romance in the arms of a beautiful architect. But when Bo becomes tangled in a nightmarish plot, preventing his return home, it suddenly seems clear that this perfect little hideaway captures more than just the imagination of its visitors.