Despicable Me 2. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Despicable Me 2: The Junior Novel
Annie Auerbach, 2013
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Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud, 2013

A mysterious aircraft, using a giant magnet, steals a highly potent mutagen known as PX-41 from a secret laboratory in the Arctic Circle. Director Silas Ramsbottom of the Anti-Villain League (AVL) sends one of his agents, Lucy Wilde, to recruit Gru, a former supervillain. The pair are stationed at the Paradise Shopping Mall, with a cupcake store as their front.


Penguins of Madagascar. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Penguins of Madagascar
Tracey West, 2014
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Eric Darnell, Simon J. Smith, 2014

Prior to the events of the first film, Skipper, Rico, and Kowalski are chicks in a penguin colony in Antarctica. After the events of the third film, Skipper, Rico, and Kowalski celebrate Private’s birthday by breaking into Fort Knox, to get Cheesy Dibbles from a vending machine, though what Private really wants is to no longer be considered a mascot but a member of the team.


The DUFF. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2010 book, The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend
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The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend
Kody Keplinger, 2010
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Ari Sandel, 2015

Bianca is enjoying her senior year of high school in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia, with her two best friends, Jess and Casey, both of whom are significantly more popular than she is. The party turns out to be a disaster for her, as it’s there that Wesley unthinkingly reveals to her that she is the DUFF of her friend group; the Designated Ugly Fat Friend.


Pain & Gain. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 2013 book, Pain & Gain: This Is a True Story
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Pain & Gain: This Is a True Story
Pete Collins, 2013
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Michael Bay, 2013

In 1995, Daniel Lugo is an ex-con hired by Sun Gym owner John Mese to increase membership. Lugo envies the earnings and lifestyle of Victor Kershaw, a member he begins to train, Motivational speaker Jonny Wu inspires him to be a “do-er,” Lugo plans to extort Kershaw for his assets through kidnapping and torture.


Wonder Park. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Wonder Park: The Movie Novel
Sadie Chesterfield, 2019
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Dylan Brown, 2019

June Bailey, a girl with a bright imagination, and her mother come up with the story of Wonderland, a magical amusement park run by a group of animals: Boomer, a big blue bear who greets guests; Greta, a wild boar; Gus and Cooper, beaver brothers; Steve, a porcupine who is the park’s safety manager and is in love with Greta; and Peanut, the leader of the park and a chimpanzee who has the ability to create rides by listening to June’s mother’s voice.


Scoob!. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the book novelization
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SCOOB!
David Lewman, 2020
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Tony Cervone, 2020

A young, lonely Shaggy Rogers befriends and adopts a talking stray Great Dane young dog, whom he names Scooby-Doo. On Halloween night, Scooby and Shaggy meet three young detectives named, Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, and Velma Dinkley, before venturing into a haunted house.


Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 1992 book, Welcome to Dead House
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Welcome to Dead House
R.L. Stine, 1992
movie vs book
Ari Sandel, 2018

Sonny and Sam, close friends running an after-school junk enterprise, aspire to uncover treasures within other people’s discarded items. However, their quest takes an ominous turn when they stumble upon a locked book while cleaning the old Stine house. This act inadvertently releases a supernatural menace—Slappy! Now, aided by Sonny’s sister Sarah, they find themselves in a race against time to retrieve the malevolent dummy and the array of creatures he’s animated, and return them to the pages before he sets off widespread chaos.


Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Goosebumps Haunted Halloween: Movie Novel
R.L. Stine, 2018
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Ari Sandel, 2018

Sonny and Sam, close friends running an after-school junk enterprise, aspire to uncover treasures within other people’s discarded items. However, their quest takes an ominous turn when they stumble upon a locked book while cleaning the old Stine house. This act inadvertently releases a supernatural menace—Slappy! Now, aided by Sonny’s sister Sarah, they find themselves in a race against time to retrieve the malevolent dummy and the array of creatures he’s animated, and return them to the pages before he sets off widespread chaos.


Saving Zoë. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2007 book
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Saving Zoë
Alyson Noel, 2007
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Jeffrey G. Hunt, 2019

A young girl named Echo has just started her freshman year of high school. Echo’s older sister, Zoë, was murdered a year ago and she has been trying her hardest to be the strong one, while her mother takes too many antidepressants and her father works too much. Echo finds Zoë’s diary, which sheds new light on the murder missed by the police. She investigates.