From Pages to Screens

• POSTED ON: 9 Mar, 2018
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• POSTED BY: Jenny Varghese

Everyone loves movies, but did you know that some of your favourite movies were adapted from books? Some of the popular book-to-movie adaptations include the Harry Potter series, The Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia. Here are a few more books that were made into well-known movies. How many of these have you read or watched?

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The Hunger Games: Three novels published between 2008 and 2010 have been adapted to four movies starring Jennifer Lawrence.

The Book Thief: This historical novel by Markus Zusak was released as a film under the same title. 13-year-old Sophie Nélisse won awards for her performance as Liesel Meminger.

Life of Pi: This book by Canadian author Yann Martel sold more than ten million copies worldwide. The film version starred Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan and Tabu. It received 11 Academy Award nominations.

Charlotte’s Web: Author E.B. White’s Charlotte’s Web is a masterpiece in children’s literature. Adults are known to enjoy it too. The movie version released in 2006.

The Martian: This book and movie (starring Matt Damon) tell the story of an astronaut who is mistakenly presumed dead and left behind on Mars.

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