This book teaches students that it is okay to be yourself and you don't have to try and fit in. This book would be great for a 4th grade class. I would have the students fill out a graphic organizer as they read the book. They could also pull out vocabulary words from the text.

Hello, everyone! Last month, I gathered a round-up of adaptation news from the past six to seven months that I had covered in my bookish rounds posts. The six to seven months was an arbitrary number, and I had missed some adaptation news in choosing that limit.

*Note: Not all of these are strictly Young Adult adaptations -- some are more "kidlit" (e.g. The Little Prince, Tuck Everlasting, etc.) and some had franchises in MG/YA but may not be anymore (e.g. Harry Potter & Cursed Child, Fantastic Beasts, etc.), but I thought that all would be relevant to the YA community.

2016 Young Adult and Middle Grade Adaptations

 

JANUARY:

 

• Shadowhunters (The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare) | Official Twitter Page | TV Show | Premiere: January 12, 2016 on Freeform / ABC Family | More clips at IMDB.

• The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey | Official Twitter Page | Movie | Release Date: January 22nd, 2016 | More clips at IMDB.

MARCH:

• The Divergent Series: Allegiant (part I) by Veronica Roth | Official Twitter Page | Movie | Release Date: March 18, 2016 | More clips at IMDB.

• The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Author/Illustrator), Richard Howard (Translator) | No official Twitter Page (?) | Movie | Release Date: March 18, 2016 (in the U.S.) | More clips at IMDB.

APRIL:

• The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling | Official Twitter Page | Movie | Release Date: April 15, 2016 | More clips atIMDB.

• Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt | Official Twitter Page | Broadway Musical | Opening Night: April 26th, 2016 | More clips at Official Website.

MAY:

• Alice through the Looking Glass (Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll) |Official Twitter Page | Movie | Release Date: May 27, 2016 | More clips at IMDB.

JULY:

• The BFG by Ronald Doahl | Official Twitter Page (UK, not sure where US one is) | Movie | Release Date: July 1, 2016 | More clips at IMDB. 

• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany | Official Twitter Page | London play, 2 parts | Opening Night: July 30th, 2016 | More information at Official Website. 

OCTOBER:

• Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson | No Official Twitter Page(?) | Movie | Release Date: October 7, 2016 | More information to come at IMDB. 

• A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness | Official Twitter Page (& here?) | Movie | Release Date: October 14, 2016 | More clips to come at IMDB. 

NOVEMBER:

• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling | Official Twitter Page | Movie | Release Date: November 18, 2016 | More clips to come at IMDB.

DECEMBER:

• Let It Snow by Maureen Johnson, Lauren Myracle, and John Green | Official Twitter Page(?) | Movie | Release Date: December 9, 2016 | Maybe more information to come at IMDB. 

• Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiars (Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Peculiars) by Ransom Riggs) |Official Twitter Page | Movie | Release Date: December 25, 2016 | More clips to come at IMDB.

And for the rest....

 

 

RELEASE DATES NOT YET CONFIRMED*

A Calender of 2016 Young Adult and Middle Grade Adaptations. Click to enlarge the image.

*For these movies, the release date is listed as 2016, but the actual date has not been confirmed. Whether they will actually be released this year is yet to be determined.

• Nerve by Jeanne Ryan | Official Twitter Page | Movie

• Fallen by Lauren Kate | No Official Twitter Page(?) | Author's Twitter| Movie

• The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani | No Official Twitter Page(?) | Author's Twitter | Movie

• A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket | No Official Twitter Page(?) | Author's Twitter | Netflix

• Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery | No Official Twitter Page(?) | Movie

• Ashes in the Snow (Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys) | No Official Twitter Page(?) | Author's Twitter | Movie

• 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher | No Official Twitter Page(?) | Author's Twitter | Netflix

• Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver | Official Twitter Page | Movie

• Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli | No Official Twitter Page(?) | Movie

ONGOING TV SHOWS:

*Can't make a calender of adaptations without nodding to the successful ones that are still running!

• The third season of The 100 by Kass Morgan premieres January 21st.

• The sixth season of Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard returns January 12th.

• The seventh season of Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith returns January 29th.

 

*Note: Since Alex Skarsgård is playing Tarzan and has bulked up for the role, I figured that his character was probably not meant to be like the Disney version anymore.

At A Glance

Genre: Young Adult; Contemporary
Love Triangle/Insta Love?: Nope
Cliff Hanger: nope.
Rating: 4 Stars

Score Sheet
All out of ten

Cover: 7
Plot: 6
Characters: 8
World Building: 7
Flow: 5
Series Congruity: n/a
Writing: 8
Ending: 8

Total: 7

In Depth

Best Part: Cinnamon :D
Worst Part: crazy time line
Overall Feels Felt: Aw; First love :D

Conclusion

Continuing the Series: yep
Recommending: yep
Misc.:

Short Review: Another re-read for me. I adore this book. Stargirl is the best character i know for sure. Pet rat, crazy adventures into the desert, trys to change herself to please others but fails. My heart gets crushed every time i read the parts of her trying so hard to fit in. People should be more accepting of other people thats for sure.

Review In GIF Form

I wanted to give up on this book halfway through, but I'm glad I finished it. The pay off is pretty good, but it's not as good as Stargirl. I just never found myself that invested in the story.

(There's also a lot of talking about American Indians in the past tense.)

I'm going to read My Name is Mina next. It seems like a natural progression (both books are sequels released well after their first books and written from the girl's point of view).