Love, Marilyn. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the 2010 book, Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters
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Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters
Marilyn Monroe, 2010
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Liz Garbus, 2012

Marilyn Monroe had the most intense combination of glitter and tragedy of any celebrity in Hollywood history. This documentary examines the life and inner ideas of this influential movie actor through performed readings of her personal writings.


Mean Girls. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 2002 book, Queen Bees and Wannabes
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Queen Bees and Wannabes
Rosalind Wiseman, 2002
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Mark Waters, 2004

Sixteen-year-old homeschooled Cady Heron and her zoologist parents, Betsy and Chip Heron, return to the United States after a twelve-year research trip in Africa, settling in Evanston, Illinois. Cady becomes attracted to Regina’s ex-boyfriend, Aaron Samuels, and purposely fails math, a subject she is gifted at, in order to have an excuse to talk to him.


The Parent Trap. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the 1949 book, Lottie and Lisa
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Lottie and Lisa
Erich Kästner, 1949
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Nancy Meyers, 1998

In 1986, American winery owner Nicholas Parker and British wedding gown designer Elizabeth James get married over the course of a transatlantic crossing on the Queen Elizabeth 2. However, shortly after the birth of their identical twin daughters, Annie and Hallie, they get divorced and each has sole custody of one girl.


Freaky Friday. Poster of the 2003 movie and cover of the 1972 book
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Freaky Friday
Mary Rodgers, 1972
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Mark Waters, 2003

Anna Coleman is an aspiring teenage musician who lives with her widowed therapist mother, Tess, and younger brother, Harry. At school, Anna’s English teacher, Mr. Bates, treats her unfairly, and she is feuding with Stacey, her former best friend-turned-nemesis.


Chapter 27. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 1992 book, Let Me Take You Down
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Let Me Take You Down
Jack Jones, 1992
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J.P. Schaefer, 2007

On December 8, 1980, Mark David Chapman shocked the world by murdering 40-year-old musician, former member of The Beatles and activist, John Lennon, outside The Dakota, his New York apartment building. In one instant, an anonymous, socially awkward and mentally unstable 25-year-old fan of The Beatles, altered the course of the history of music.


Herbie: Fully Loaded. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Herbie Fully Loaded: Junior Novelization
Irene Trimble, 2005
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Angela Robinson, 2005

Herbie, a Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own, is towed to a junkyard after losing several races. Herbie tricks Maggie into disguising herself in a racing suit and helmet and challenging NASCAR champion Trip Murphy to an impromptu race, which Herbie wins by a hair.


Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 1999 book
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Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Dyan Sheldon, 1999
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Sara Sugarman, 2004

When the always dramatic Lola and her family move from the center of everything in New York City to the center of a cultural wasteland in suburban New Jersey, she feels her life is simply not worth living! But no matter who or what gets in the way, Lola won’t give up on her life’s ambition: to be a star!