====== Books Into Movies 2014 ====== [[welcome|Home]] >> [[readers_advisory|Readers Advisory]] >> [[bibliographies_for_adult_readers|Bibliographies for Adults]] >> [[books_into_movies_2014_mn1a|Books Into Movies 2014]] \\ \\ Please join in on the fun! You are welcome to add new entries or edit those already listed, only be sure to add entries to both lists (one is sorted by movie title, the other is sorted by movie release date). And if you're not comfortable posting to the wiki you can always email me suggestions as well. Thanks.\\ --- //[[dan.malosh@state.mn.us|Dan Malosh @ MN1A Regional]] 2014/02/19 12:42// ===== Sorted Alphabetically by Movie Title ===== ==== A ==== === Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1698641/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/disney/alexanderandtheterriblehorriblenogoodverybadday/images/poster.jpg?100|Movie poster to 'Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day'}} {{http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/25/ALEXANDER_TERRIBLE_HORRIBLE.jpg?200|Book cover to 'Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** October 10, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Ed Oxenbould, Jennifer Garner, Steve Carell\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day**\\ **AUTHOR:** Judith Viorst\\ **ANNOTATION:** Alexander wakes up to find gum in his hair and no prize in his cereal box. As the day gets much worse, Alexander thinks of running off to Australia until his mother assures him that everybody has days like this, even in Australia. For grades K-3. **1972**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/30872|DB 30872]] - Read by Bob Askey. Reading time: 6 minutes. * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/74515|DB 74515]] (SPANISH) - Read by Irma Bello. Reading time: 7 minutes. ==== B ==== === The Best of Me === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1972779/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512gNqT-JGL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'The Best of Me'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** October 17, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Michelle Monaghan, James Marsden\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **The Best of Me**\\ **AUTHOR:** Nicholas Sparks\\ **ANNOTATION:** Oriental, North Carolina. As high school seniors from different sides of the tracks, Dawson and Amanda had a doomed romance. Twenty-five years later they return home when Tuck, an old man important to both of them, dies--and leaves behind a letter describing his own life's magical love. **2011**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/73766|DB 73766]] - Read by Guy Williams. Reading time: 10 hours, 54 minutes. * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/18752|BR 18752]] - 3 volumes. === A Book of Common Prayer === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2651744/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EFga8FbeL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'A Book of Common Prayer'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** 2014 **???**\\ **STARRING:** Christina Hendricks, Allison Janney\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **A Book of Common Prayer**\\ **AUTHOR:** Joan Didion\\ **ANNOTATION:** A contemporary American woman who has survived two disastrous marriages becomes caught in the inner conflicts of the aristocracy of a Central American country. Some strong language. **1977**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/44419|DB 44419]] - Read by Laura Giannarelli. Reading time: 6 hours, 36 minutes. * [[BR 03459]] - 2 volumes. === The Boxtrolls === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0787474/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** September 26, 2014\\ {{http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/theboxtrolls/images/poster.jpg?100|Movie poster to 'The Boxtrolls'}} {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hWxr0oQGL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'Here Be Monsters!'}}\\ **STARRING:** Isaac Hempstead Wright, Ben Kingsley, Simon Pegg\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Here Be Monsters!**\\ **AUTHOR:** Alan Snow\\ **NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT** ==== C ==== === Cold in July === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179031/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/ifcfilms/coldinjuly/images/poster.jpg?100|Movie poster to 'Cold in July'}} {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/A1DQkKY%2Br1L.jpg?100|Book cover to 'Cold in July'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** May 23, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Cold in July**\\ **AUTHOR:** Joe R. Lansdale\\ **NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT**\\ ==== D ==== === Dark Places === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2402101/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5188jKh%2BNDL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'Dark Places'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** September 1, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Chloë Grace Moretz, Nicholas Hoult, Charlize Theron, Christina Hendricks\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Dark Places**\\ **AUTHOR:** Gillian Flynn\\ **ANNOTATION:** Twenty-five years ago Libby's brother was convicted of murdering their mother and sisters. When the well-wishers' trust fund that she's been subsisting on runs dry, thirty-one-year-old Libby takes money from a group that is trying to prove her brother's innocence. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. **2009**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/69251|DB 69251]] - Read by Erin Jones. Reading time: 11 hours, 45 minutes. * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/19988|BR 19988]] - 5 volumes. === Devil's Knot === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804463/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/thedevilsknot/images/poster.jpg?100|Movie poster to 'Devil's Knot'}} {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81ZRRnNIqEL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** May 9, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three** (NONFICTION)\\ **AUTHOR:** Mara Leveritt\\ **NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT** === Divergent === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1840309/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/summit/divergent/images/poster.jpg?100|Movie poster to 'Divergent'}} {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91o13sPo7VL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'Divergent'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** March 21, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Divergent**\\ **AUTHOR:** Veronica Roth\\ **ANNOTATION:** In a future Chicago, society is divided into five factions. During the Choosing Ceremony, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must pick her lifelong faction. But Beatrice discovers she is an anomaly--a divergent--who does not fit anywhere. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. **2011**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/73203|DB 73203]] - Read by Erin Jones. Reading time: 10 hours, 12 minutes. ==== E ==== === Edge of Tomorrow === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1631867/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/edgeoftomorrow/images/poster.jpg?100|Movie poster to 'Edge of Tomorrow'}} {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71ddcYI3K-L.jpg?100|Book cover to 'All You Need Is Kill'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** June 6, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **All You Need Is Kill**\\ **AUTHOR:** Hiroshi Sakurazaka\\ **NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT** === Every Secret Thing === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1706598/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SC5CBeWOL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'Every Secret Thing'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** 2014 **???**\\ **STARRING:** Dakota Fanning, Danielle Macdonald, Diane Lane, Elizabeth Banks\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Every Secret Thing**\\ **AUTHOR:** Laura Lippman\\ **ANNOTATION:** An attempt by eleven-year-old friends Alice Manning and Ronnie Fuller of Baltimore to "rescue" an apparently abandoned African American baby ends disastrously. Released seven years later from juvenile detention for kidnapping and murder, the two are prime suspects when other children begin disappearing from the neighborhood. Strong language and some violence. **2003**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/59161|DB 59161]] - Read by Constance Crawford. Reading time: 11 hours, 13 minutes. ==== F ==== === The Fault in Our Stars === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582846/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/fox/thefaultinourstars/images/poster.jpg?100|Movie poster to 'The Fault in Our Stars'}} {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81N-m6WpExL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'The Fault in Our Stars'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** June 6, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **The Fault in Our Stars**\\ **AUTHOR:** John Green\\ **ANNOTATION:** A miracle drug may have given sixteen-year-old cancer patient Hazel a few more years, but she is still depressed. Then Hazel meets cute Augustus during a support-group meeting and her world shifts in unexpected and inspiring ways. Some strong language. For senior high and older readers. **2012**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/74112|DB 74112]] - Read by Kate Rudd. Reading time: 7 hours, 16 minutes. ==== G ==== === The Giver === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435651/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/weinstein/thegiver/images/poster.jpg?100||Book cover to 'The Giver'}} {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MatSjenSL.jpg?100||Movie poster to 'The Giver'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** August 15, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgard, Taylor Swift\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **The Giver**\\ **AUTHOR:** Lois Lowry\\ **ANNOTATION:** Jonas lives in a utopia: there is no hunger, no disease, no fear; the elderly are tenderly cared for, and every child has attentive parents. The society is uniformly run. Jonas eagerly awaits the Ceremony of Twelve, when twelve-year-olds receive assignments for their lifelong professions. He is selected to be the new Receiver of Memories. As such he learns of misery and pain, but also of joy and love. For grades 6-9 and older readers. **1993**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/37689|DB 37689]] - Read by June Carter. Reading time: 5 hours, 1 minute. * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/09626|BR 09626]] - 1 volume. === Gone Girl === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2267998/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/fox/gonegirl/images/poster.jpg?100|Movie poster to 'Gone Girl'}} {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41si8PfPcpL.jpg?100||Book cover to 'Gone Girl'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** October 3, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Gone Girl**\\ **AUTHOR:** Gillian Flynn\\ **ANNOTATION:** Nick and Amy alternate telling the story of their troubled marriage, their move from New York to Nick's Missouri hometown, and Amy's disappearance on their fifth wedding anniversary. As clues begin to implicate Nick, he learns more about Amy. Strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. **2012**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/74888|DB 74888]] - Read by Mare Trevathan; Erik Sandvold. Reading time: 17 hours, 55 minutes. * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/19868|BR 19868]] - 6 volumes. === Good People === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1361318/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/goodpeople/images/poster.jpg?100|Movie poster to 'Good People'}} {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71IGhg4uN4L.jpg?100|Book cover to 'Good People'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** September 26, 2014\\ **STARRING:** James Franco, Kate Hudson, Tom Wilkinson\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Good People**\\ **AUTHOR:** Marcus Sakey\\ **ANNOTATION:** Chicagoans Tom and Anna Reed, in debt from unsuccessful fertility treatments, discover $400,000 in their deceased tenant's apartment. The Reeds keep the money--not knowing that it came from drug dealing--and now have various criminals and the police on their backs. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. **2008**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/66993|DB 66993]] - Read by Martha Harmon Pardee. Reading time: 8 hours, 58 minutes. ==== H ==== === Heaven is for Real === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1929263/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/heavenisforreal/images/poster.jpg?100|Movie poster to 'Heaven is for Real'}} {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41OJS0xAEbL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'Heaven is for Real'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** April 16, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Greg Kinnear, Kelly Reilly, Connor Corum\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back** (NONFICTION)\\ **AUTHOR:** Todd Burpo\\ **ANNOTATION:** Burpo, a pastor in Nebraska, relates the 2003 experiences reported by his three-year-old son Colton, who believes that during an emergency appendectomy he died, went to heaven, and returned to life. Colton describes seeing Jesus, angels, and deceased relatives. **2010**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/72633|DB 72633]] - Read by Andy Pyle. Reading time: 4 hours, 50 minutes. * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/74966|DB 74966]] (SPANISH) - Read by Juan Carlos Rueda. Reading time: 5 hours, 36 minutes. === The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Part 3 of 3) === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2310332/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41aQPTCmeVL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'The Hobbit, or There and Back Again'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** December 17, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Evangeline Lilly, Orlando Bloom\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **The Hobbit, or There and Back Again**\\ **AUTHOR:** J.R.R. Tolkien\\ **ANNOTATION:** The wandering wizard Gandalf recruits Bilbo Baggins, a Hobbit, to be the fourteenth member of an expedition. Hobbits prefer comfort to adventures, but Bilbo joins the quest and encounters many perils, including a dragon. For junior and senior high readers. **1937**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/48978|DB 48978]] - Read by Carole Jordan Stewart. Reading time: 9 hours, 25 minutes. * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/11595|BR 11595]] - 3 volumes. * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/07827|BR 07827]] - 2 volumes. === How to Train Your Dragon 2 === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1646971/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/af/How_to_Train_Your_Dragon_2_poster.jpg/220px-How_to_Train_Your_Dragon_2_poster.jpg?100|Movie poster to 'How to Train Your Dragon 2'}} {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71ML8rc09aL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'How to Train Your Dragon'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** June 13, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, Jonah Hill, Kristen Wiig, Christopher Mintz-Plasse\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **How to Train Your Dragon**\\ **AUTHOR:** Cressida Cowell\\ **ANNOTATION:** Follows the adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third on his rise to fame in his Viking clan, the Tribe of the Hairy Hooligans, and his desperate dragon-training exploits. Basis for movie. For grades 3-6. **2010**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/72291|DB 72291]] - Read by Mike Stefanelli. Reading time: 19 hours, 0 minutes. === The Hundred-Foot Journey === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2980648/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/dreamworks/thehundredfootjourney/images/poster.jpg?100|Movie poster to 'The Hundred-Foot Journey'}} {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51uEULJSClL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'The Hundred-Foot Journey'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** August 8, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Helen Mirren, Manish Dayal\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **The Hundred-Foot Journey**\\ **AUTHOR:** Richard C. Morais\\ **NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT** === The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Part 1 of 2) === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1951265/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41tgpUHmcNL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'Mockingjay'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** November 21, 2014 \\ **STARRING:** Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Donald Sutherland\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Mockingjay - The Hunger Games, Book 3**\\ **AUTHOR:** Suzanne Collins\\ **ANNOTATION:** Katniss Everdeen doesn't know whom to trust after she is coerced into helping overthrow the oppressive Capitol. District 13 has chosen Katniss as the Mockingjay--the symbolic leader of the revolution. Sequel to Catching Fire ([[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/69689|DB 69689]]). Some violence. For junior and senior high and older readers. **2010**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/71734|DB 71734]] - Read by Erin Jones. Reading time: 9 hours, 54 minutes. * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/74983|DB 74983]] (SPANISH) - Read by Maria Fernanda Lloreda. Reading time: 13 hours, 0 minutes. * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/19134|BR 19134]] - 3 volumes. ==== I ==== === If I Stay === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1355630/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/ifistay/images/poster.jpg?100|Movie poster to 'If I Stay'}} {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81UjVsGy5yL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'If I Stay'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** August 22, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Chloë Grace Moretz, Jamie Blackley\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **If I Stay**\\ **AUTHOR:** Gayle Forman\\ **ANNOTATION:** Cellist and Juilliard hopeful Mia clings to life after a car accident kills her family. While observing herself during an out-of-body experience, Mia flashes through her past to determine whether to fight for survival or die. Some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. **2009**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/69818|DB 69818]] - Read by Margaret Strom. Reading time: 5 hours, 36 minutes. * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/18565|BR 18565]] - 2 volumes. === The Imitation Game === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2084970/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YVY0-fKjL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'Alan Turing: The Enigma'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** November 21, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Alan Turing: The Enigma** (NONFICTION)\\ **AUTHOR:** Andrew Hodges\\ **NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT** === Into the Woods === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2180411/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51a-lA3w-aL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'Into the Woods'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** December 25, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Meryl Streep, Anna Kendrick, Johnny Depp, Emily Blunt, Chris Pine\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Into the Woods**\\ **AUTHOR:** Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine\\ **NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT** ==== J ==== ==== K ==== === Kill the Messenger === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1216491/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/killthemessenger/images/poster.jpg?100|Movie poster to 'Kill the Messenger'}} {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81QnF%2B8F9SL._SL1500_.jpg?100|Book cover to 'Kill the Messenger: How the CIA's Crack-Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** October 10, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Jeremy Renner, Rosemarie DeWitt, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Paz Vega, Ray Liotta, Andy Garcia, Oliver Platt\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Kill the Messenger: How the CIA's Crack-Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb** (NONFICTION)\\ **AUTHOR:** Nick Schou\\ **NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT** ==== L ==== === Labor Day === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1967545/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/paramount/laborday/images/poster.jpg?100|Movie poster to 'Labor Day'}} {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EKi-S84jL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'Labor Day'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** January 31, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Labor Day**\\ **AUTHOR:** Joyce Maynard\\ **ANNOTATION:** New Hampshire. Thirteen-year-old Henry and his depressed, divorced mother Adele meet Frank, an injured escaped convict, in a discount store and bring him home to hide. The three create a happy family for six days and plan to flee to Canada, but Henry betrays them. Movie tie-in. Bestseller. 2009.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/78426|DB 78426]] - Read by Andy Pyle. Reading time 8 hours, 12 minutes. * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/20481|BR 20481]] - 3 Volumes. === Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0884726/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/legendsofozdorothysreturn/images/poster.jpg?100|Movie poster to 'Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return'}} {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Ck6cv-9IL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'Dorothy of Oz'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** May 9, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Lea Michele, Dan Aykroyd, James Belushi, Kelsey Grammer\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Dorothy of Oz**\\ **AUTHOR:** Roger S. Baum\\ **NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT** === The LEGO Movie === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1490017/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/thelegomovie/images/poster.jpg?100|Movie poster to 'The LEGO Movie'}} {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Gk05rcnzL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'The LEGO Movie: Junior Novelization'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** February 7, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Ferrell, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **The LEGO Movie: Junior Novel** (NOVELIZATION)\\ **AUTHOR:** Kate Howard\\ **ANNOTATION:** Emmet, an ordinary Lego minifigure, accidentally finds a red plastic glowing piece, thought to be part of a prophecy to save creativity and defeat the evil lord Business. Adapted from the film. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 2014.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/78448|DB 78448]] - Read by Gregory Gorton. Reading time: 2 hours, 24 minutes. === Life of Crime === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663207/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41wheaqqjAL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'The Switch'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** August 29, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Jennifer Aniston, Tim Robbins, Mos Def/Yasiin Bey, John Hawkes\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **The Switch**\\ **AUTHOR:** Elmore Leonard\\ **NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT** === London Fields === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1273221/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XVPOVSIRL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'London Fields'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** 2014 **???**\\ **STARRING:** Amber Heard, Billy Bob Thornton, Theo James, Jim Sturgess\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **London Fields**\\ **AUTHOR:** Martin Amis\\ **ANNOTATION:** London, 1999. Nicola Six can see the future in her dreams, and she has seen her own murder. Nicola's search for her murderer, which she has narrowed down to two men, is narrated by Sam Young, an American journalist. Her candidates are Keith Talent, a dart champion and petty criminal, and Guy Clinch, a nice guy who is a disappointed husband. But will it be one of them, or is it the narrator? Strong language. **1989**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/31251|DB 31251]] - Read by Gordon Gould. Reading time: 20 hours, 17 minutes. === Lone Survivor === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1091191/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/universal/lonesurvivor/images/poster.jpg?100|Movie poster to 'Lone Survivor'}} {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511JmwEaJJL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'Lone Survivor'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** January 10, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Eric Bana\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of Seal Team 10** (NONFICTION)\\ **AUTHOR:** Marcus Luttrell\\ **ANNOTATION:** U.S. Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell recounts the 2005 maneuver he led against Al Qaeda operatives along Afghanistan's border with Pakistan. Details the fierce mountain battle that led to the loss of Luttrell's three comrades and describes his own escape, capture, and rescue. Violence and strong language. **2007**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:**\\ * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/64802|DB 64802]] - Read by L.J. Ganser. Reading time: 12 hours, 46 minutes. === A Long Way Down === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458413/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/magnolia/alongwaydown/images/poster.jpg?100|Movie poster to 'A Long Way Down'}} {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51A8DD7E6YL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'A Long Way Down'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** July 11, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Aaron Paul, Rosamund Pike, Imogen Poots, Pierce Brosnan\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **A Long Way Down**\\ **AUTHOR:** Nick Hornby\\ **ANNOTATION:** One New Year's Eve in London, four strangers' lives intertwine on a rooftop where each has gone to commit suicide. A middle-aged mother of a disabled son, a former celebrity, a wound-up teen, and a failed musician recount the reasons death seemed the best option. Strong language. **2005**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/60521|DB 60521]] - Read by Ray Childs. Reading time: 11 hours, 17 minutes. === Love, Rosie === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1638002/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZCYEv4RgL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'Where Rainbows End'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** October 24, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Lily Collins, Sam Claflin\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Where Rainbows End**\\ **AUTHOR:** Cecelia Ahern\\ **NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT** ==== M ==== === The Maze Runner === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1790864/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zkfufuL6L.jpg?100|Book cover to 'The Maze Runner'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** September 19, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **The Maze Runner**\\ **AUTHOR:** James Dashner\\ **ANNOTATION:** A teenage boy wakes up in an elevator remembering nothing but his name, Thomas. He soon meets a group of boys who welcome him to the Glade--and the unsolved puzzle of the Maze. The next day a girl arrives with an unexpected message. Some violence. For grades 6-9. **2009**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/72392|DB 72392]] - Read by Gary Tipton. Reading time: 10 hours, 33 minutes. === Measure of a Man === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2670882/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61TL%2BFxFn9L.jpg?100|Book cover to 'One Fat Summer'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** 2014 **???**\\ **STARRING:** Christina Hendricks, Riley Griffiths\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **One Fat Summer**\\ **AUTHOR:** Robert Lipsyte\\ **ANNOTATION:** Fifteen-year-old Bobby Marks tells the funny-sad story of the summer he loses a lot of ugly fat and his best friend, but also learns to stand up for himself. For junior and senior high readers. **1977**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[RC 12224]] - Read by Jim Walton. === The Monuments Men === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2177771/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/themonumentsmen/images/poster.jpg?100|Movie poster to 'The Monuments Men'}} {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51gmD1NK6nL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'The Monuments Men'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** February 7, 2014\\ **STARRING:** George Clooney, Matt Damon, John Goodman, Bill Murray\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History** (NONFICTION)\\ **AUTHOR:** Robert M. Edsel and Bret Witter\\ **ANNOTATION:** Portrays the WWII special army unit--composed of architects, museum directors, curators, and archivists--formed in 1943 to recover cultural treasures that had been plundered by the Nazis. Describes the bombed historical buildings the group preserved and works of art it salvaged. **2009**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/74650|DB 74650]] - Read by Jon Huffman. Reading time: 17 hours, 50 minutes. ==== N ==== ==== O ==== ==== P ==== === Paddington === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1109624/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/weinstein/paddington/images/poster.jpg?100|Movie poster to 'Paddington'}} {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91j46NYII8L.jpg?100|Book cover to 'A Bear Called Paddington'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** December 25, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Colin Firth, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Nicole Kidman\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **A Bear Called Paddington**\\ **AUTHOR:** Michael Bond\\ **ANNOTATION:** On a London railway platform a family finds Paddington, a Peruvian bear with a "Please look after this bear" sign around his neck, so they adopt him immediately and discover more excitement than they can handle. For grades 3-6. **1958**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/26425|DB 26425]] - Read by Burt Blackwell. Reading time: 2 hours, 34 minutes. ==== Q ==== ==== R ==== ==== S ==== === Serena === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1247690/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419Nw7xhgZL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'Serena'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** 2014 **???**\\ **STARRING:** Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Serena**\\ **AUTHOR:** Ron Rash\\ **ANNOTATION:** Appalachian North Carolina, 1929. Newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton, owners of a logging company, arrive to strip the land before the government incorporates it into a national park. Serena's cruelty extends to her lumber camp workers and to a teenager impregnated by her husband. Violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. **2008**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/68405|DB 68405]] - Read by Phil Gigante. Reading time: 11 hours, 21 minutes. ==== T ==== === A Tale of Love and Darkness === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1135989/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51B81QZK5QL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'A Tale of Love and Darkness'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** 2014 **???**\\ **STARRING:** Natalie Portman\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **A Tale of Love and Darkness** (NONFICTION)\\ **AUTHOR:** Amos Oz\\ **ANNOTATION:** Israeli author's literary memoir of growing up in war-torn Jerusalem in the 1940s and 1950s. Describes his multilingual, book-loving, Jewish family of European background while examining events including the Holocaust. Contemplates his mother's suicide when he was twelve as a pivotal event ending his childhood. **2003**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/61238|DB 61238]] - Read by Ken Kliban. Reading time: 25 hours, 11 minutes. === This Is Where I Leave You === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371150/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/thisiswhereileaveyou/images/poster.jpg?100|Production photo from 'This Is Where I Leave You'}} {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/8151T3gZFOL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'This Is Where I Leave You'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** September 19, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Rose Byrne, Adam Driver\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **This Is Where I Leave You**\\ **AUTHOR:** Jonathan Tropper\\ **ANNOTATION:** Shortly after he finds his wife Jen in bed with his radio-show-host boss, Judd Foxman is called home to sit shiva for his deceased atheist father. Judd finds himself dealing with his family's dysfunctional relationships and Jen's announcement that she is pregnant. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. **2009**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/71875|DB 71875]] - Read by Michael Kramer. Reading time: 9 hours, 54 minutes. === Trash === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1921149/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hYezWBkjL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'Trash'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** 2014 **???**\\ **STARRING:** Rooney Mara, Martin Sheen\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Trash**\\ **AUTHOR:** Andy Mulligan\\ **ANNOTATION:** Raphael, Gardo, and Rat, who live in poverty, decide to keep a special bag Raphael discovers during their daily routine of scouring the dump for things they can sell. But the bag belongs to someone who will do anything to get it back. For junior and senior high readers. **2010**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/73599|DB 73599]] - Read by Mark Delgado. Reading time: 5 hours, 6 minutes. === True Story === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2273657/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://www.optionated.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Truestory.jpg?100|Book cover to 'True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** 2014 **???**\\ **STARRING:** Jonah Hill, James Franco, Felicity Jones\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa** (NONFICTION)\\ **AUTHOR:** Michael Finkel\\ **NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT** ==== U ==== === Unbroken === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1809398/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2BqLCOxERL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'Unbroken'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** December 25, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Garrett Hedlund, Jai Courtney, Domhnall Gleeson\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption** (NONFICTION)\\ **AUTHOR:** Laura Hillenbrand\\ **ANNOTATION:** Author of Seabiscuit ([[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/51968|DB 51968]]) details the life of Louis Zamperini (b. 1917), an Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, who survived a plane crash and forty-seven days adrift at sea only to become a POW in Japan. Relates Louis's later religious awakening under Billy Graham's ministry. Violence. **2010**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/72129|DB 72129]] - Read by Faith Potts. Reading time: 16 hours, 32 minutes. ==== V ==== === Vampire Academy === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1686821/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/weinstein/vampireacademy/images/poster.jpg?100|Movie poster to 'Vampire Academy'}} {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41zLaiMYqCL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'Vampire Academy'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** February 7, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, Sarah Hyland\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Vampire Academy**\\ **AUTHOR:** Richelle Mead\\ **ANNOTATION:** After two years in hiding, seniors Rose and Lissa are dragged back to St. Vladimir's Academy. Vampire princess Lissa must learn to control her magic, while Rose's impetuous behavior hinders her status as Lissa's guardian. Violence, descriptions of sex, and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. **2007**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/68486|DB 68486]] - Read by Julie-Ann Elliott. Reading time: 9 hours, 31 minutes. ==== W ==== === A Walk Among the Tombstones === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365907/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/universal/awalkamongthetombstones/images/poster.jpg?100|Movie poster to 'A Walk Among the Tombstones'}} {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41dr0doMh7L.jpg?100|Book cover to 'A Walk Among the Tombstones'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** September 19, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Liam Neeson\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **A Walk Among the Tombstones**\\ **AUTHOR:** Lawrence Block\\ **ANNOTATION:** The young wife of wealthy drug dealer Kenan Khoury is kidnapped while shopping. Following the abductors' instructions, Khoury delivers $400,000. In return he receives the dismembered corpse of his wife. Unwilling to go to the police, Khoury hires private detective Matt Scudder, who has few clues until he examines a previous similar kidnapping- murder case. Strong language and violence. **1992**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/39132|DB 39132]] - Read by Ray Foushee. Reading time: 9 hours, 32 minutes. === Wild === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2305051/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41p1ldx9y-L.jpg?100|Book cover to 'Wild'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** December 5, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail** (NONFICTION)\\ **AUTHOR:** Cheryl Strayed\\ **ANNOTATION:** Author recounts the three-month, 1,100-mile solo hike she took on a whim in 1995, after years of devastating personal losses. Describes her encounters with rattlesnakes, locals, fellow hikers, and her own thoughts during her trek from Los Angeles to Washington State on the Pacific Crest Trail. Strong language. **2012**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/74646|DB 74646]] - Read by Jill Fox. Reading time: 13 hours, 27 minutes. === Winter's Tale === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1837709/|IMDb link]]\\ {{http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/winterstale/images/poster.jpg?100|Movie poster to 'Winter's Tale'}} {{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/715CDkn04%2BL.jpg?100|Book cover to 'Winter's Tale'}}\\ **RELEASE DATE:** February 14, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Winter's Tale**\\ **AUTHOR:** Mark Helprin\\ **ANNOTATION:** An imaginative fantasy projects an apocalyptic vision of New York City through a chronicle of episodes spanning the twentieth century. The various events and characters are tied together by a petty thief and a great white horse whose reappearances suggest the city's rebirth in a new millennium. **1983**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[RC 20204]] - Read by Bob Askey. ==== X ==== ==== Y ==== ==== Z ==== ===== Sorted By Movie Release Date ===== ==== JANUARY ==== === Lone Survivor === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1091191/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** January 10, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Eric Bana\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of Seal Team 10** (NONFICTION)\\ **AUTHOR:** Marcus Luttrell\\ **ANNOTATION:** U.S. Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell recounts the 2005 maneuver he led against Al Qaeda operatives along Afghanistan's border with Pakistan. Details the fierce mountain battle that led to the loss of Luttrell's three comrades and describes his own escape, capture, and rescue. Violence and strong language. **2007**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:**\\ * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/64802|DB 64802]] - Read by L.J. Ganser. Reading time: 12 hours, 46 minutes. === Labor Day === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1967545/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** January 31, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Labor Day**\\ **AUTHOR:** Joyce Maynard\\ **ANNOTATION:** New Hampshire. Thirteen-year-old Henry and his depressed, divorced mother Adele meet Frank, an injured escaped convict, in a discount store and bring him home to hide. The three create a happy family for six days and plan to flee to Canada, but Henry betrays them. Movie tie-in. Bestseller. 2009.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/78426|DB 78426]] - Read by Andy Pyle. Reading time 8 hours, 12 minutes. ==== FEBRUARY ==== === The LEGO Movie === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1490017/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** February 7, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Ferrell, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **The LEGO Movie: Junior Novel** (NOVELIZATION)\\ **AUTHOR:** Kate Howard\\ **ANNOTATION:** Emmet, an ordinary Lego minifigure, accidentally finds a red plastic glowing piece, thought to be part of a prophecy to save creativity and defeat the evil lord Business. Adapted from the film. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 2014.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/78448|DB 78448]] - Read by Gregory Gorton. Reading time: 2 hours, 24 minutes. === The Monuments Men === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2177771/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** February 7, 2014\\ **STARRING:** George Clooney, Matt Damon, John Goodman, Bill Murray\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History** (NONFICTION)\\ **AUTHOR:** Robert M. Edsel and Bret Witter\\ **ANNOTATION:** Portrays the WWII special army unit--composed of architects, museum directors, curators, and archivists--formed in 1943 to recover cultural treasures that had been plundered by the Nazis. Describes the bombed historical buildings the group preserved and works of art it salvaged. **2009**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/74650|DB 74650]] - Read by Jon Huffman. Reading time: 17 hours, 50 minutes. === Vampire Academy === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1686821/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** February 7, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, Sarah Hyland\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Vampire Academy**\\ **AUTHOR:** Richelle Mead\\ **ANNOTATION:** After two years in hiding, seniors Rose and Lissa are dragged back to St. Vladimir's Academy. Vampire princess Lissa must learn to control her magic, while Rose's impetuous behavior hinders her status as Lissa's guardian. Violence, descriptions of sex, and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. **2007**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/68486|DB 68486]] - Read by Julie-Ann Elliott. Reading time: 9 hours, 31 minutes. === Winter's Tale === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1837709/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** February 14, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Winter's Tale**\\ **AUTHOR:** Mark Helprin\\ **ANNOTATION:** An imaginative fantasy projects an apocalyptic vision of New York City through a chronicle of episodes spanning the twentieth century. The various events and characters are tied together by a petty thief and a great white horse whose reappearances suggest the city's rebirth in a new millennium. **1983**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[RC 20204]] - Read by Bob Askey. ==== MARCH ==== === Divergent === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1840309/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** March 21, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Divergent**\\ **AUTHOR:** Veronica Roth\\ **ANNOTATION:** In a future Chicago, society is divided into five factions. During the Choosing Ceremony, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must pick her lifelong faction. But Beatrice discovers she is an anomaly--a divergent--who does not fit anywhere. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. **2011**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/73203|DB 73203]] - Read by Erin Jones. Reading time: 10 hours, 12 minutes. ==== APRIL ==== === Heaven is for Real === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1929263/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** April 16, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Greg Kinnear, Kelly Reilly, Connor Corum\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back** (NONFICTION)\\ **AUTHOR:** Todd Burpo\\ **ANNOTATION:** Burpo, a pastor in Nebraska, relates the 2003 experiences reported by his three-year-old son Colton, who believes that during an emergency appendectomy he died, went to heaven, and returned to life. Colton describes seeing Jesus, angels, and deceased relatives. **2010**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/72633|DB 72633]] - Read by Andy Pyle. Reading time: 4 hours, 50 minutes. * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/74966|DB 74966]] (SPANISH) - Read by Juan Carlos Rueda. Reading time: 5 hours, 36 minutes. ==== MAY ==== === Devil's Knot === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804463/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** May 9, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three** (NONFICTION)\\ **AUTHOR:** Mara Leveritt\\ **NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT** === Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0884726/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** May 9, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Lea Michele, Dan Aykroyd, James Belushi, Kelsey Grammer\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Dorothy of Oz**\\ **AUTHOR:** Roger S. Baum\\ **NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT** === Cold in July === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179031/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** May 23, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Cold in July**\\ **AUTHOR:** Joe R. Lansdale\\ **NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT** ==== JUNE ==== === Edge of Tomorrow === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1631867/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** June 6, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **All You Need Is Kill**\\ **AUTHOR:** Hiroshi Sakurazaka\\ **NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT** === The Fault in Our Stars === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582846/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** June 6, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **The Fault in Our Stars**\\ **AUTHOR:** John Green\\ **ANNOTATION:** A miracle drug may have given sixteen-year-old cancer patient Hazel a few more years, but she is still depressed. Then Hazel meets cute Augustus during a support-group meeting and her world shifts in unexpected and inspiring ways. Some strong language. For senior high and older readers. **2012**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/74112|DB 74112]] - Read by Kate Rudd. Reading time: 7 hours, 16 minutes. === How to Train Your Dragon 2 === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1646971/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** June 13, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, Jonah Hill, Kristen Wiig, Christopher Mintz-Plasse\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **How to Train Your Dragon**\\ **AUTHOR:** Cressida Cowell\\ **ANNOTATION:** Follows the adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third on his rise to fame in his Viking clan, the Tribe of the Hairy Hooligans, and his desperate dragon-training exploits. Basis for movie. For grades 3-6. **2010**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/72291|DB 72291]] - Read by Mike Stefanelli. Reading time: 19 hours, 0 minutes. ==== JULY ==== === A Long Way Down === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458413/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** July 11, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Aaron Paul, Rosamund Pike, Imogen Poots, Pierce Brosnan\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **A Long Way Down**\\ **AUTHOR:** Nick Hornby\\ **ANNOTATION:** One New Year's Eve in London, four strangers' lives intertwine on a rooftop where each has gone to commit suicide. A middle-aged mother of a disabled son, a former celebrity, a wound-up teen, and a failed musician recount the reasons death seemed the best option. Strong language. **2005**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/60521|DB 60521]] - Read by Ray Childs. Reading time: 11 hours, 17 minutes. ==== AUGUST ==== === The Hundred-Foot Journey === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2980648/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** August 8, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Helen Mirren, Manish Dayal\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **The Hundred-Foot Journey**\\ **AUTHOR:** Richard C. Morais\\ **NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT** === The Giver === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435651/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** August 15, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgard, Taylor Swift\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **The Giver**\\ **AUTHOR:** Lois Lowry\\ **ANNOTATION:** Jonas lives in a utopia: there is no hunger, no disease, no fear; the elderly are tenderly cared for, and every child has attentive parents. The society is uniformly run. Jonas eagerly awaits the Ceremony of Twelve, when twelve-year-olds receive assignments for their lifelong professions. He is selected to be the new Receiver of Memories. As such he learns of misery and pain, but also of joy and love. For grades 6-9 and older readers. **1993**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/37689|DB 37689]] - Read by June Carter. Reading time: 5 hours, 1 minute. * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/09626|BR 09626]] - 1 volume. === If I Stay === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1355630/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** August 22, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Chloë Grace Moretz, Jamie Blackley\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **If I Stay**\\ **AUTHOR:** Gayle Forman\\ **ANNOTATION:** Cellist and Juilliard hopeful Mia clings to life after a car accident kills her family. While observing herself during an out-of-body experience, Mia flashes through her past to determine whether to fight for survival or die. Some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. **2009**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/69818|DB 69818]] - Read by Margaret Strom. Reading time: 5 hours, 36 minutes. * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/18565|BR 18565]] - 2 volumes. === Life of Crime === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663207/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** August 29, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Jennifer Aniston, Tim Robbins, Mos Def/Yasiin Bey, John Hawkes\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **The Switch**\\ **AUTHOR:** Elmore Leonard\\ **NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT** ==== SEPTEMBER ==== === Dark Places === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2402101/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** September 1, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Chloë Grace Moretz, Nicholas Hoult, Charlize Theron, Christina Hendricks\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Dark Places**\\ **AUTHOR:** Gillian Flynn\\ **ANNOTATION:** Twenty-five years ago Libby's brother was convicted of murdering their mother and sisters. When the well-wishers' trust fund that she's been subsisting on runs dry, thirty-one-year-old Libby takes money from a group that is trying to prove her brother's innocence. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. **2009**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/69251|DB 69251]] - Read by Erin Jones. Reading time: 11 hours, 45 minutes. * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/19988|BR 19988]] - 5 volumes. === The Maze Runner === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1790864/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** September 19, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **The Maze Runner**\\ **AUTHOR:** James Dashner\\ **ANNOTATION:** A teenage boy wakes up in an elevator remembering nothing but his name, Thomas. He soon meets a group of boys who welcome him to the Glade--and the unsolved puzzle of the Maze. The next day a girl arrives with an unexpected message. Some violence. For grades 6-9. **2009**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/72392|DB 72392]] - Read by Gary Tipton. Reading time: 10 hours, 33 minutes. === This Is Where I Leave You === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371150/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** September 19, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Rose Byrne, Adam Driver\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **This Is Where I Leave You**\\ **AUTHOR:** Jonathan Tropper\\ **ANNOTATION:** Shortly after he finds his wife Jen in bed with his radio-show-host boss, Judd Foxman is called home to sit shiva for his deceased atheist father. Judd finds himself dealing with his family's dysfunctional relationships and Jen's announcement that she is pregnant. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. **2009**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/71875|DB 71875]] - Read by Michael Kramer. Reading time: 9 hours, 54 minutes. === A Walk Among the Tombstones === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365907/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** September 19, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Liam Neeson\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **A Walk Among the Tombstones**\\ **AUTHOR:** Lawrence Block\\ **ANNOTATION:** The young wife of wealthy drug dealer Kenan Khoury is kidnapped while shopping. Following the abductors' instructions, Khoury delivers $400,000. In return he receives the dismembered corpse of his wife. Unwilling to go to the police, Khoury hires private detective Matt Scudder, who has few clues until he examines a previous similar kidnapping- murder case. Strong language and violence. **1992**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/39132|DB 39132]] - Read by Ray Foushee. Reading time: 9 hours, 32 minutes. === The Boxtrolls === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0787474/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** September 26, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Isaac Hempstead Wright, Ben Kingsley, Simon Pegg\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Here Be Monsters!**\\ **AUTHOR:** Alan Snow\\ **NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT** === Good People === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1361318/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** September 26, 2014\\ **STARRING:** James Franco, Kate Hudson, Tom Wilkinson\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Good People**\\ **AUTHOR:** Marcus Sakey\\ **ANNOTATION:** Chicagoans Tom and Anna Reed, in debt from unsuccessful fertility treatments, discover $400,000 in their deceased tenant's apartment. The Reeds keep the money--not knowing that it came from drug dealing--and now have various criminals and the police on their backs. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. **2008**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/66993|DB 66993]] - Read by Martha Harmon Pardee. Reading time: 8 hours, 58 minutes. ==== OCTOBER ==== === Gone Girl === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2267998/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** October 3, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Gone Girl**\\ **AUTHOR:** Gillian Flynn\\ **ANNOTATION:** Nick and Amy alternate telling the story of their troubled marriage, their move from New York to Nick's Missouri hometown, and Amy's disappearance on their fifth wedding anniversary. As clues begin to implicate Nick, he learns more about Amy. Strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. **2012**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/74888|DB 74888]] - Read by Mare Trevathan; Erik Sandvold. Reading time: 17 hours, 55 minutes. * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/19868|BR 19868]] - 6 volumes. === Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1698641/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** October 10, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Ed Oxenbould, Jennifer Garner, Steve Carell\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day**\\ **AUTHOR:** Judith Viorst\\ **ANNOTATION:** Alexander wakes up to find gum in his hair and no prize in his cereal box. As the day gets much worse, Alexander thinks of running off to Australia until his mother assures him that everybody has days like this, even in Australia. For grades K-3. **1972**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/30872|DB 30872]] - Read by Bob Askey. Reading time: 6 minutes. * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/74515|DB 74515]] (SPANISH) - Read by Irma Bello. Reading time: 7 minutes. === Kill the Messenger === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1216491/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** October 10, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Jeremy Renner, Rosemarie DeWitt, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Paz Vega, Ray Liotta, Andy Garcia, Oliver Platt\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Kill the Messenger: How the CIA's Crack-Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb** (NONFICTION)\\ **AUTHOR:** Nick Schou\\ **NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT** === The Best of Me === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1972779/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** October 17, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Michelle Monaghan, James Marsden\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **The Best of Me**\\ **AUTHOR:** Nicholas Sparks\\ **ANNOTATION:** Oriental, North Carolina. As high school seniors from different sides of the tracks, Dawson and Amanda had a doomed romance. Twenty-five years later they return home when Tuck, an old man important to both of them, dies--and leaves behind a letter describing his own life's magical love. **2011**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/73766|DB 73766]] - Read by Guy Williams. Reading time: 10 hours, 54 minutes. * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/18752|BR 18752]] - 3 volumes. === Love, Rosie === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1638002/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** October 24, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Lily Collins, Sam Claflin\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Where Rainbows End**\\ **AUTHOR:** Cecelia Ahern\\ **NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT** ==== NOVEMBER ==== === The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Part 1 of 2) === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1951265/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** November 21, 2014 \\ **STARRING:** Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Donald Sutherland\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Mockingjay - The Hunger Games, Book 3**\\ **AUTHOR:** Suzanne Collins\\ **ANNOTATION:** Katniss Everdeen doesn't know whom to trust after she is coerced into helping overthrow the oppressive Capitol. District 13 has chosen Katniss as the Mockingjay--the symbolic leader of the revolution. Sequel to Catching Fire ([[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/69689|DB 69689]]). Some violence. For junior and senior high and older readers. **2010**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/71734|DB 71734]] - Read by Erin Jones. Reading time: 9 hours, 54 minutes. * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/74983|DB 74983]] (SPANISH) - Read by Maria Fernanda Lloreda. Reading time: 13 hours, 0 minutes. * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/19134|BR 19134]] - 3 volumes. === The Imitation Game === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2084970/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** November 21, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Alan Turing: The Enigma** (NONFICTION)\\ **AUTHOR:** Andrew Hodges\\ **NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT** ==== DECEMBER ==== === Wild === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2305051/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** December 5, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail** (NONFICTION)\\ **AUTHOR:** Cheryl Strayed\\ **ANNOTATION:** Author recounts the three-month, 1,100-mile solo hike she took on a whim in 1995, after years of devastating personal losses. Describes her encounters with rattlesnakes, locals, fellow hikers, and her own thoughts during her trek from Los Angeles to Washington State on the Pacific Crest Trail. Strong language. **2012**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/74646|DB 74646]] - Read by Jill Fox. Reading time: 13 hours, 27 minutes. === The Hobbit: There and Back Again (Part 3 of 3) === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2310332/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** December 17, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Evangeline Lilly, Orlando Bloom\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **The Hobbit, or There and Back Again**\\ **AUTHOR:** J.R.R. Tolkien\\ **ANNOTATION:** The wandering wizard Gandalf recruits Bilbo Baggins, a Hobbit, to be the fourteenth member of an expedition. Hobbits prefer comfort to adventures, but Bilbo joins the quest and encounters many perils, including a dragon. For junior and senior high readers. **1937**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/48978|DB 48978]] - Read by Carole Jordan Stewart. Reading time: 9 hours, 25 minutes. * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/11595|BR 11595]] - 3 volumes. * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/07827|BR 07827]] - 2 volumes. === Into the Woods === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2180411/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** December 25, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Meryl Streep, Anna Kendrick, Johnny Depp, Emily Blunt, Chris Pine\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Into the Woods**\\ **AUTHOR:** Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine\\ **NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT** === Paddington === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1109624/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** December 25, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Colin Firth, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Nicole Kidman\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **A Bear Called Paddington**\\ **AUTHOR:** Michael Bond\\ **ANNOTATION:** On a London railway platform a family finds Paddington, a Peruvian bear with a "Please look after this bear" sign around his neck, so they adopt him immediately and discover more excitement than they can handle. For grades 3-6. **1958**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/26425|DB 26425]] - Read by Burt Blackwell. Reading time: 2 hours, 34 minutes. === Unbroken === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1809398/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** December 25, 2014\\ **STARRING:** Garrett Hedlund, Jai Courtney, Domhnall Gleeson\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption** (NONFICTION)\\ **AUTHOR:** Laura Hillenbrand\\ **ANNOTATION:** Author of Seabiscuit ([[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/51968|DB 51968]]) details the life of Louis Zamperini (b. 1917), an Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, who survived a plane crash and forty-seven days adrift at sea only to become a POW in Japan. Relates Louis's later religious awakening under Billy Graham's ministry. Violence. **2010**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/72129|DB 72129]] - Read by Faith Potts. Reading time: 16 hours, 32 minutes. ==== UNKNOWN RELEASE DATES ==== **NOTE:** //The films listed below are tentatively set for 2014 release dates, but they could easily slide into 2015 or later. Thus, they are sorted alphabetically by movie title hereon in.//\\ === A Book of Common Prayer === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2651744/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** 2014 **???**\\ **STARRING:** Christina Hendricks, Allison Janney\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **A Book of Common Prayer**\\ **AUTHOR:** Joan Didion\\ **ANNOTATION:** A contemporary American woman who has survived two disastrous marriages becomes caught in the inner conflicts of the aristocracy of a Central American country. Some strong language. **1977**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/44419|DB 44419]] - Read by Laura Giannarelli. Reading time: 6 hours, 36 minutes. * [[BR 03459]] - 2 volumes. === Every Secret Thing === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1706598/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** 2014 **???**\\ **STARRING:** Dakota Fanning, Danielle Macdonald, Diane Lane, Elizabeth Banks\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Every Secret Thing**\\ **AUTHOR:** Laura Lippman\\ **ANNOTATION:** An attempt by eleven-year-old friends Alice Manning and Ronnie Fuller of Baltimore to "rescue" an apparently abandoned African American baby ends disastrously. Released seven years later from juvenile detention for kidnapping and murder, the two are prime suspects when other children begin disappearing from the neighborhood. Strong language and some violence. **2003**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/59161|DB 59161]] - Read by Constance Crawford. Reading time: 11 hours, 13 minutes. === London Fields === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1273221/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** 2014 **???**\\ **STARRING:** Amber Heard, Billy Bob Thornton, Theo James, Jim Sturgess\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **London Fields**\\ **AUTHOR:** Martin Amis\\ **ANNOTATION:** London, 1999. Nicola Six can see the future in her dreams, and she has seen her own murder. Nicola's search for her murderer, which she has narrowed down to two men, is narrated by Sam Young, an American journalist. Her candidates are Keith Talent, a dart champion and petty criminal, and Guy Clinch, a nice guy who is a disappointed husband. But will it be one of them, or is it the narrator? Strong language. **1989**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/31251|DB 31251]] - Read by Gordon Gould. Reading time: 20 hours, 17 minutes. === Measure of a Man === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2670882/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** 2014 **???**\\ **STARRING:** Christina Hendricks, Riley Griffiths\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **One Fat Summer**\\ **AUTHOR:** Robert Lipsyte\\ **ANNOTATION:** Fifteen-year-old Bobby Marks tells the funny-sad story of the summer he loses a lot of ugly fat and his best friend, but also learns to stand up for himself. For junior and senior high readers. **1977**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[RC 12224]] - Read by Jim Walton. === Serena === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1247690/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** 2014 **???**\\ **STARRING:** Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Serena**\\ **AUTHOR:** Ron Rash\\ **ANNOTATION:** Appalachian North Carolina, 1929. Newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton, owners of a logging company, arrive to strip the land before the government incorporates it into a national park. Serena's cruelty extends to her lumber camp workers and to a teenager impregnated by her husband. Violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. **2008**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/68405|DB 68405]] - Read by Phil Gigante. Reading time: 11 hours, 21 minutes. === A Tale of Love and Darkness === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1135989/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** 2014 **???**\\ **STARRING:** Natalie Portman\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **A Tale of Love and Darkness** (NONFICTION)\\ **AUTHOR:** Amos Oz\\ **ANNOTATION:** Israeli author's literary memoir of growing up in war-torn Jerusalem in the 1940s and 1950s. Describes his multilingual, book-loving, Jewish family of European background while examining events including the Holocaust. Contemplates his mother's suicide when he was twelve as a pivotal event ending his childhood. **2003**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/61238|DB 61238]] - Read by Ken Kliban. Reading time: 25 hours, 11 minutes. === Trash === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1921149/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** 2014 **???**\\ **STARRING:** Rooney Mara, Martin Sheen\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **Trash**\\ **AUTHOR:** Andy Mulligan\\ **ANNOTATION:** Raphael, Gardo, and Rat, who live in poverty, decide to keep a special bag Raphael discovers during their daily routine of scouring the dump for things they can sell. But the bag belongs to someone who will do anything to get it back. For junior and senior high readers. **2010**.\\ **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/73599|DB 73599]] - Read by Mark Delgado. Reading time: 5 hours, 6 minutes. === True Story === [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2273657/|IMDb link]]\\ **RELEASE DATE:** 2014 **???**\\ **STARRING:** Jonah Hill, James Franco, Felicity Jones\\ **BOOK TITLE:** **True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa** (NONFICTION)\\ **AUTHOR:** Michael Finkel\\ **NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT**