Displays For The Reluctant Librarian: Upcoming Movies Based on Young Adult Novels

I work in a very large library system.

We have well over fifty branches, all of which we are fortunate enough to have a position for a Young Adult Librarian. We're very lucky. Not every library system has a designated Young Adult Librarian, much less at every branch. But like many library systems not every librarian feels a strong vocation for their assigned audience. Some are older, don't relate a ton to teens and teen literature and that's alright.

When presenting program ideas to my fellow Young Adult Librarians recently I tried to pitch program ideas related to my specific theme with this target audience of Reluctant Librarians in mind. I stressed the easy aspect. Easy to learn, easy to program, easy to demonstrate to kids and teens. Easy.

Which then got me to thinking about other easy displays and programs for the Reluctant Librarian. Thus my new label.

In today's first installment of displays and programs for the Reluctant Librarian I present: Upcoming Movies Based on Young Adult Novels.

We are so lucky that with the success of young adult novel-to-film adaptations we have an ongoing list of titles with which to throw up an easy display. And as we all know whenever any book-to-film adaptation nears release, whether that be children's, young adult or adult fiction, we always see an uptick in circulation of that title. At the same time, I was surprised to discover I couldn't find a resource online that listed only Young Adult novel-to-film adaptations with their release dates.

So I'm going for it.

UPCOMING YOUNG ADULT NOVELS-TO-MOVIES SPRING 2015 EDITION:
                         

Me, Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews     

June 6

Paper Towns by John Green                                  

July 24

Fallen by Lauren Kate                                                                               

July 30  

Scorch Trials by James Dashner                                                                 

September 18

Viktor Frankenstein by Mary Shelley                                                     

(A new take on Frankenstein from Igor's perspective. And Igor is played by Harry Potter!)

October 2

Mockingjay Part 2 by Suzanne Collins                                                        

November 20

The Martian by Andy Weir

(Alex Award winner)                                                                    

November 25                    

5^th Wave by Rick Yancey                                                                          

January 29

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs          

March 4

Batman vs. Superman                                                   

March 25

FOR REAL (POST-PRODUCTION OR COMPLETED) BUT WITHOUT RELEASE DATES

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith

Room by Emma Donoghue (Alex Award winner)

Sold by Patricia McCormick