12 Mighty Orphans. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 2007 book, Twelve Mighty Orphans
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Twelve Mighty Orphans
Jim Dent, 2007
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Ty Roberts, 2021

Haunted by his mysterious past, a devoted high school football coach leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great Depression and inspires a broken nation along the way.


Toy Story 2. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Toy Story 2: The Junior Novelization
Leslie Goldman, 2011
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John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, Lee Unkrich, 1999

Andy prepares to go to cowboy camp with Woody, but accidentally tears Woody’s arm during playtime. When Andy’s mother puts Wheezy in a yard sale, Woody rescues him from being sold, but is stolen in the process by a greedy toy collector named Al McWhiggin. Prospector explains the museum is only interested in the collection if it is complete, and without Woody, they will be returned to storage, which triggers Jessie’s claustrophobia.


The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair. Poster of the 2018 TV series and cover of the 2012 book
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The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
Joël Dicker, 2012
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Jean-Jacques Annaud, 2018

A student seeks out his former tutor, to help with his writer’s block. Following the discovery of an old grave in the professor’s garden, he is arrested on suspicion of murdering a young girl who disappeared in the area decades earlier. The former student sets out to help his mentor and try and prove his innocence.


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.


To Die For. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the 1992 book
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To Die For
Joyce Maynard, 1992
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Gus Van Sant, 1995

Suzanne Stone has always been obsessed with being on television, aspiring to become a world-famous broadcast journalist. She marries Larry Maretto, using his family restaurant business to keep herself financially stable, and takes a job as a part-time weather girl at a local cable station, WWEN, in the hopes of climbing the network ladder.


Punisher: War Zone. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 1974 comic book, The Punisher
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The Punisher
Gerry Conway, John Romita Sr., Ross Andru, 1974
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Lexi Alexander, 2008

Having lost his family to mob violence, former Force Recon Marine Frank Castle has spent the last five years as a vigilante known as the Punisher. Cesare’s caporegime Billy The Beaut Russotti escapes to his recycling plant hideout, and Detectives Martin Soap and Saffiotti, who were staking out the party, inform Castle.