
X-Men is a movie novelization written by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith in 2000 and based on the movie of the same name, directed by Bryan Singer in 2000. The movie features Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Halle Berry, and others.
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Storyline
In Nazi-occupied Poland, in 1944, young Erik Lehnsherr is separated from his parents upon entrance into the Auschwitz concentration camp. In Meridian, Mississippi, 17-year-old Marie D’Ancanto accidentally puts her boyfriend into a coma after she kisses him, because her mutant ability absorbs the power and life force of others.
Movie vs Book

Year
2000
Minutes
104
Movie Rate
7.40
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Year
2000
Pages
256
Book Rate
8.20
S: Goodreads
Book
X-Men
Author: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dean Wesley Smith
Country: USA
First published in: 2000
Length: 256 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: X-Men Novelizations
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