Turning young adult novels into blockbuster movies is a trend we're still not sick of welcome to Ms. Mojo and today
We're counting down our picks for the top ten young adult novels that should be adapted to film before we begin we publish new
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For this list we're looking at books and series that fans would love to see made into movies. We're excluding any project
That's already in an advanced stage of production like star girl by Jerry Spinelli
Number 10 gathering blue Lois Lowry
Let's face it a lot of us read The Giver when we were growing up and a lot of us were extremely
Disappointed with its big screen adaptation in 2014, but that's exactly why it's ripe for a do-over
And if the giver is finally adapted well it opens up the possibility of film versions of Lowery's entire Giver quartet
Gathering glue has a similar tone to the giver taking place in a dystopian
Society hell-bent on perfection if done right this new franchise could expand the minds of young audiences everywhere
Helping to underline the importance of accepting others and oneself
number nine Cinder Marissa Mayer
This 2012 sci-fi novel by Marissa Meyer is a futuristic retelling of the classic
cinderella story with quite a few
twists the first book in the lunar Chronicles follows Linh cinder a
Cyborg and a top mechanic in new Beijing doesn't sound like the fairy tale you're used to does it new Beijing
Yep
The old Beijing having been destroyed in the fourth world war but there are princes and evil stepmothers and a big ball of course
Most importantly there's a heroine that you're definitely going to root for this story fits in perfectly with two big trends
dystopian movies and modern reimagining of classic fairy tales
Making it a great candidate for a memorable film, and there are four follow-ups so far which could also make it to the screen
number eight Abhorsen aka Old Kingdom series Garth Nix
the abortion series known as the Old Kingdom series outside of North America
Began in 1995 with the first novel Sabriel.
This is high fantasy at its best
featuring a mystical world,
dark villains and magic that adhere to firm set rules it should appeal to the same audience who fell for the Harry Potter series
The Abhorsen books have come close to being given the big-screen treatment several times over the years
But unfortunately nothing has ever become concrete
Author Garth Nix says he's written the adapted screenplay for Sabriel so fans can hold out
Hope that its magic will one day fill a movie theatre number 7. Are you there God It's Me Margaret Judy Blume
Judy Blume's coming-of-age classic has somehow never reached the big screen since it was published back in
1970 the book touches on issues that
Preteen girls face in every era like getting your period and trying to make your breasts bigger
I must I must I must increase my bust
As well as bigger issues like the question of religious identity
Very controversial when it first appeared it still raises some hackles today
But would be accepted by contemporary audiences "parents are getting cuckoo
parents are getting really even more cuckoo than they were then"
It may be tricky to adapt this novel because so much of it takes place inside the main character's head
But the successful 2012 adaptation of The Perks of Being a Wallflower proved that more cerebral teen movies can work, too
"I just need to know that people like you exist"
Number 6. Delirium trilogy Lauren Oliver
Set at the end of the 21st century the delirium series takes place in a dystopian
Future where love is considered a disease, and there is a way to cure it "our minds stay intact
But our hearts can no longer be broken" if this story sounds familiar
It's because Lauren Oliver series was actually developed into a series for Fox but sadly it wasn't picked up the pilot was however
Made available for viewing on Hulu for a short period of time now however
You'd have to dig deep online in order to find it it
Seems like this dystopian saga may have been a better fit for a hunger game style movie trilogy than a TV show "does that make
any sense?" " Yeah.
I just can't afford to think like that"
number five Graceling series Kristin cashore
The Graceling books feel like a perfect mix between the worlds of divergent and Game of Thrones
Citizens in this fantasy world are set apart if they're born with special skills or Grace's and the story has all the high fantasy
elements that make Game of Thrones so popular with audiences
There was news back in 2013 that the Graceling series was being developed by reliance entertainment
But as of early 2017
there hasn't been any news of
progress since then
It's possible that since the world was inundated with so many young adult fantasies around that time the team decided to put this project on
hold
number four Eleanor and park Rainbow Rowell
This quirky love story between two misfits set in the 1980s would make a perfect young adult romance film
Can you imagine how great the soundtrack would be?
Sadly the latest news as of 2016 is that the film rights have been returned to Rainbow Rowell
After she spent a year and a half developing the screenplay with DreamWorks Entertainment
This doesn't mean that a movie will never happen
But it does mean that we'll likely have to wait a long time to see one fans of the author's work
Also have their fingers crossed for an adaptation of Rowell's Fangirl another popular novel but with college-age characters
number three wicked lovely series Melissa Marr this five-part series by Melissa Marr short stories and manga not withstanding
Has had fans clamoring for a movie since the first book became a best-seller
In this magical story the protagonist is a girl who can see evil fairies and is trying to avoid being sucked into the fairy realm
The author has even shared some of her dream casting choices
Mentioning Hailee Steinfeld as her picked for main character Ash and Steven R. McQueen of The Vampire Diaries for Kenan "My problem
is that everyone thinks that I shouldn't have one" There have been a couple of planned adaptations for wicked lovey
But so far none have come to fruition
number two Earthsea series Ursula K Le Guin
started by Ursula K Le Guin in the
1960s this classic fantasy series about a world with no large
continents has become part of the young adult canon when the first book was published however young adult
novels weren't the powerhouse industry
they are today in fact the category of young adult barely even existed
Then this series started with a short story called the world of
Unbinding which then developed into six full-length novels set in the world of Earthsea the story has already been turned into a Japanese animated movie
Called tales from Earthsea as well as a 2004 TV mini-series
But fans would love to see this fantasy favorite get the live-action Hollywood treatment. "You're scared
try having visions that make no sense." Before we unveil our top pick here are a few honorable mentions
Number one Looking for Alaska
John Green
John Green is basically the Nicholas Sparks of the young adult world
He has an enormous fandom and online following and some of his books have been turned into hit movies
You may have heard of a little movie called The Fault in Our Stars. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Because you are beautiful."
Yeah, that's him John Green's first
novel is a boarding school story with as much charm and whimsy as his other books it also generated complaints for its depiction of
Realistic teenage activities sadly the film adaptation has been in a state of uncertainty
For years Green has expressed his frustrations with the process and says he's tried to buy back the film right several times to no avail
"They've tried to make a movie a bunch of times, but it's always falling apart for one reason or another and at this point
I'm not
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