The Blind Side. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 2006 book
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The Blind Side
Michael Lewis, 2006
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John Lee Hancock, 2009

Michael has been in foster care with different families in Oslo, Tennessee, due to his mother’s drug addiction. Every time he is placed in a new home, he runs away. His friend’s father, on whose couch Mike had been sleeping, asks Burt Cotton, the coach of Wingate Christian School, to help enroll his son and Mike.


Friday Night Lights. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 1988 book, Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
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Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
H.G. Bissinger, 1988
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Peter Berg, 2004

As preseason practice begins for the Permian High School football team in August 1988, the town of Odessa, Texas has high expectations for the players and their coach Gary Gaines to win a state championship with their star running back James Boobie Miles. In the next game during the start of district play, Permian gets blown out as Winchell struggles with consistency in his increased role and the second-string running back gets hurt.


Tomorrowland. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Tomorrowland Junior Novel
Elizabeth Rudnick, 2015
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Brad Bird, 2015

In 1964, a young boy named Frank Walker attends the 1964 New York World’s Fair to sell his prototype jet pack, but is rejected as it does not work. Frank obeys and sneaks onto the ride, where the pin is scanned by a laser, and he is transported to Tomorrowland, a futuristic cityscape, where advanced robots fix his jetpack, allowing him to fly and join the secretive world.


The Shack. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2007 book
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The Shack
William Paul Young, 2007
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Stuart Hazeldine, 2017

After suffering a family tragedy, Mack Phillips spirals into a deep depression causing him to question his innermost beliefs. Facing a crisis of faith, he receives a mysterious letter urging him to an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Despite his doubts, Mack journeys to the shack and encounters an enigmatic trio of strangers led by a woman named Papa.