From Page to Screen
This Roald Dahl book about a girl with telekinesis and terrible parents was adapted into both a movie and a musical.
What is Matilda?
This playwright penned a tragedy about two star crossed lovers whose deaths end a family feud in Verona.
Who is William Shakespeare?
A tea party in this novel features a very rude host, nonsense riddles, and constant seat-changing.
What is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
This small hobbit from the Shire carries the One Ring across Middle-earth in an attempt to destroy it.
Who is Frodo Baggins?
"Yer a wizard, Harry" is spoken by this character in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Who is Hagrid?
This novel about a teenage girl and her vampire love interest launched a massive film franchise in 2008.
What is Twilight?
This author created the dystopian world of Panem, where tributes must fight to the death for the Capitol’s entertainment.
Who is Suzanne Collins?
In this Shakespearean tragedy, a ghost shows up to dinner—and only one guest can see it.
What is Macbeth?
In this novel, Atticus Finch is a principled lawyer who defends an innocent Black man in the racially charged American South.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
This young adult novel opens with the line, “I know I’m not an ordinary ten-year-old kid.”
What is Wonder?
This novel by Angie Thomas, inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, was adapted into a 2018 film starring Amandla Stenberg
What is The Hate U Give?
This author introduced readers to the sharp-witted Elizabeth Bennet and the brooding Mr. Darcy in a beloved 1813 novel.
In this American novel, lavish 1920s parties are thrown every weekend, but none of the guests know the host.
What is The Great Gatsby?
This monstrous figure wasn’t born evil—he was made one, and just wanted someone to love him.
Who is The Creature (or Frankenstein's Monster)?
This dystopian novel opens with the line, “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
What is 1984?
This 2017 film directed by Greta Gerwig is a modern adaptation of a classic coming-of-age novel by Louisa May Alcott.
What is Little Women?
This Irish author introduced readers to a wise-cracking skeleton detective and his partner Valkyrie Cain in a bestselling fantasy series.
Who is Derek Landy?
An enchanted Yule Ball starts off beautifully—until jealousy, social awkwardness, and Rita Skeeter’s gossip ruin everything in this installation of the best selling series.
What is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire?
This spirited governess falls in love with Mr. Rochester at Thornfield Hall, only to discover a madwoman in the attic.
Who is Jane Eyre?
"One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous cockroach" opens this 1915 novella.
What is Metamorphosis?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep was adapted by Ridley Scott into this sci-fi classic.
What is Blade Runner?
This famously reclusive author wrote a novel about teenage alienation through the voice of Holden Caulfield.
Who is JD Sallinger?
At a memorial party for a deceased friend, secrets are whispered, a podcast project is born, and the main character realises almost everyone is lying.
This novel follows Offred, a woman living in a dystopian world where women’s rights have been stripped away.
What is The Handmaid's Tale?
“He began his new life standing up, surrounded by cold darkness and stale, dusty air" opens this dystopian novel.
What is The Maze Runner?