I Know This Much Is True. Poster of the 2020 TV series and cover of the 1998 book
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I Know This Much Is True
Wally Lamb, 1998
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Derek Cianfrance, 2020

The show takes place in Three Rivers, Connecticut in the early 1990s. With medication, Thomas is able to live his life in relative peace and work at a coffee stand, but occasionally, he has severe episodes of his illness. Thinking he is making a sacrificial protest that will stop the Gulf War, Thomas cuts off his own hand while at a public library.


Tarzan. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1912 book, Tarzan of the Apes
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Tarzan of the Apes
Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1912
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Chris Buck, Kevin Lima, 1999

In the mid-1860s, an English couple and their infant son are shipwrecked off the Congolese coast. Kala, a female gorilla who recently lost her own child to Sabor, finds the human infant and takes him back to the jungle to raise as her own, despite the disapproval of her mate, Kerchak, who is also their group’s leader.


Harriet the Spy. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1964 book
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Harriet the Spy
Louise Fitzhugh, 1964
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Bronwen Hughes, 1996

Harriet M. Welsch is an 11-year-old sixth grader in New York City who aspires to be a spy and writer. She lives a privileged life with her parents, Violetta and Ben and her nanny, Katherine, who’s the only person who knows all the things that Harriet has been snooping on. Harriet and her friends are enemies with an elitist rich girl named Marion Hawthorne.


Exit to Eden. Poster of the 1994 movie and cover of the 1985 book
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Exit to Eden
Anne Rice, 1985
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Garry Marshall, 1994

Elliot unintentionally takes photos of diamond smugglers at work while traveling to the island of Eden to indulge his fantasy of being a slave. Detectives and smugglers pursue him to the island, where they attempt to reclaim the movie. Lisa, the island’s head mistress, must assess her feelings toward Elliot and her own objectives as he starts to fall in love with her.