Dumplin'. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 2015 book
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Dumplin'
Julie Murphy, 2015
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Anne Fletcher, 2018

Willowdean Will Dickson grows up in a small Texas town, raised primarily by her Aunt Lucy. Her mother Rosie – who calls her Dumplin’, much to Will’s chagrin – is a former beauty queen, too committed to various pageants to spend time with her daughter, and remains the planner of the town’s annual Miss Teen Bluebonnet Pageant.


Because of Winn-Dixie. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 2000 book
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Because of Winn-Dixie
Kate DiCamillo, 2000
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Wayne Wang, 2005

In a small Florida town, a solitary young girl finds companionship with an orphaned dog she discovered at a local supermarket and named Winn-Dixie. Through their unbreakable bond, the girl is able to reconcile her strained relationship with her father and bring the community closer together.


Dear John. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 2006 book
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Dear John
Nicholas Sparks, 2006
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Lasse Hallström, 2010

In 2003, while serving in the United States Army Special Forces, Staff Sergeant John Tyree is shot in Afghanistan. Two years earlier in Spring 2001, John is on leave in Charleston, South Carolina. Savannah invites John to a bonfire party where he meets her neighbor, Tim, and his autistic son, Alan.


Mostly Ghostly. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 2004 book, Mostly Ghostly: Who Let the Ghosts Out?
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Mostly Ghostly: Who Let the Ghosts Out?
R.L. Stine, 2004
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Rich Correll, 2008

Max, far from the ordinary 11-year-old, possesses an affinity for magic, a disdain for sports, and an inability to utter a single word to his crush, Traci – the school’s most popular girl. However, when he becomes the sole individual capable of perceiving the apparitions haunting his residence, two youthful spirits offer him an extraordinary proposition: in exchange for his assistance in uncovering the enigma behind their parents’ vanishing and confronting a malevolent specter, they pledge to aid him in transitioning from an unnoticed presence to the most noteworthy figure at school!