It’s a great time to be a teenage reader!
Just take a look at the movies that have
been playing to packed houses at our local multiplexes these past few
years - The Hunger Games, Twilight
series, The Host, Divergent, The Fault in Our Stars, plus the upcoming If I
Stay, Thirteen Reasons Why and The Giver to name but a few – all of which
started life as novels for young adults.
Probably the secret of the success of these
books is their universal appeal; these are stories that, while featuring
teenage protagonists and aimed at the young adult market, are gripping,
sophisticated and highly original. These
are novelists who wouldn’t dream of patronizing or failing to challenge their
readers, which has won them an army of fans (including a huge number of not-so-young
adults too).
The new display in the library showcases
just some of the titles that have captured the imagination of cinemagoers in
the past couple of years. If you’ve
loved these movies but haven’t read the original book, why not give it a
try? Reading the novel is like opening a
window into the thoughts, feelings and histories of the characters, and also
often reveals extra facets of the story that the filmmakers weren’t able to fit
in.
So call into the library and pick up the
novel of your favourite new film today!
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