Books Made into Films or TV programmes by Jill Fenton

The Shawshank Redemption

jfe5 — 2024-03-17 16:19:16 UTC

There's a guy like me in every state and federal prison in America, I guess - I'm the guy who can get it for you. And new convict Andy Dufresne wants two things from fellow prisoner Red: a small rock-hammer for carving stones and a giant poster of Rita Hayworth. So begins this mesmerising tale of unjust imprisonment, deep friendship and offbeat escape.

The Summer I Turned Pretty

jfe5 — 2024-03-17 16:41:53 UTC

Follows the story of 15 year old Belly as she attempts to have the perfect summer.

Heartstopper

jfe5 — 2024-03-17 16:43:22 UTC

Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love.

Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief

jfe5 — 2024-03-17 16:52:00 UTC

The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar

jfe5 — 2024-03-17 16:55:45 UTC

Seven superb stories from the master of the macabre and the unexpected. Things are not what they seem, and yet with Roald Dahl they are.

The Call Of The Wild

jfe5 — 2024-03-17 16:56:44 UTC

Follows the adventures of Buck the dog as his fortunes change with a variety of owners and his adoptive wolf pack

Holes

jfe5 — 2024-03-17 16:57:42 UTC

Sent by mistake to a juvenile correction centre, a teen boy discovers the wardens are using the boys as manual labour to find a buried treasure.

Hoot

jfe5 — 2024-03-17 16:58:45 UTC

A teen boy moved to Florida encounters a bare-footed boy and joins in a daring environmental rescue.

Inkheart

jfe5 — 2024-03-17 16:59:36 UTC

A young girl and her father battle against the villainous characters from a book when they come alive in the real world.

A Good Girl's Guide To Murder

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 08:45:04 UTC

A girl finds herself in danger when she uncovers hidden secrets about a historic murder that happened in her town five years ago.

The School for Good and Evil

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 08:46:03 UTC

Two friends are taken to the School for Good and Evil where they battle against what they feel are inaccurate placings - Sophie 'the princess' in the school for Evil and Agatha 'the witch' in the school for Good.

Red, White And Royal Blue

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 08:46:38 UTC

Explores the romantic relationship between a President's son and a royal Prince.

See You On Venus

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 08:47:28 UTC

Two teens embark on a journey to Spain to discover the meaning of love, death and everything in between in this star-crossed tale.

One Of Us Is Lying

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 08:47:53 UTC

Four teenagers are suspected of murder when a fellow classmate dies during the detention they were all in.

The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds and Snakes

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 08:48:49 UTC

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will revisit the world of Panem sixty-four years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the Tenth Hunger Games.

Lockwood and Co.

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 08:49:19 UTC

A group of ghost hunters with special powers attempt to solve an old murder and then clear a house of a vicious haunting.

White Bird

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 08:50:05 UTC

A woman tells her grandson the story of the time she spent in hiding as a teenager, in occupied France during World War 2.

Noughts and Crosses

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 09:11:45 UTC

A teen boy and girl from opposing factions in society take on the system and try to change it.

The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 09:12:40 UTC

A German boy befriends a Jew in a concentration camp, without realising the significance of the facility

The Hobbit

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 09:13:40 UTC

Classic tale of a unlikely and unassuming hero who becomes caught up in a perilous quest to steal a dragon's hoard and while doing so finds a powerful, magical ring.

The Fault In Our Stars

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 09:14:28 UTC

A 16-year-old girl suffering with terminal cancer meets a boy at her support group meeting who makes her think differently about life and death.

Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 09:15:29 UTC

An American teenager discovers he is half human, half Greek god, and sets about trying to avert a war among the Olympians

Stormbreaker

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 09:16:22 UTC

When his guardian dies in suspicious circumstances, 14 year old Alex Rider becomes involved with MI6 and has to complete his dead guardian's mission.

Goodnight Mr Tom

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 09:17:26 UTC

A deprived and physically abused boy from London flourishes under the care of an old man when he is evacuated to the countryside during World War II.

Coraline

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 09:18:16 UTC

When Coraline moves into a new house with her parents, she discovers a secret corridor that takes her into an alternative reality.

Dune

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 09:19:12 UTC

Before The Matrix, before Star Wars, before Ender's Game and Neuromancer, there was Dune: winner of the prestigious Hugo and Nebula awards, and widely considered one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written.

Northern Lights (His Dark Materials series)

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 09:20:37 UTC

After her friend is taken a girl begins a journey with her animal companion through a dangerous country of ice and witches to find him

Divergent

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 09:21:18 UTC

A 16-year-old girl goes against her family's faction and chooses to live with the Dauntless, then discovers the perfect society she lived in isn't as it seems.

Twilight

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 09:22:13 UTC

A seventeen year old girl falls in love with a vampire.

A Monster Calls

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 09:22:56 UTC

A 13-year-old boy in denial about his mother's terminal illness imagines sharing stories with a yew tree.

The Maze Runner

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 09:23:52 UTC

A boy suffering from amnesia finds himself in an encampment surrounded by wall where half robot creatures hunt the people that live there.

Eragon

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 09:24:57 UTC

The discovery of a dragon leads a boy into new adventures.

Great Expectations

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 09:26:02 UTC

Classic story about a boy whose life is changed by a mysterious benefactor

One Day

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 09:26:57 UTC

15th July 1988. Emma and Dexter meet for the first time on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways.

Stardust

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 09:28:22 UTC

At the dawn of the Victorian era, life moves leisurely in the sleepy village of Wall. Young Tristran Thorn has lost his heart to the beautiful Victoria Forester and, to win her love, vows to bring her a star they see fall from the night sky. It is an oath that sends him over the town's ancient wall and into the mysterious land of Faerie.

13 Reasons Why

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 09:45:13 UTC

A boy listens to the recorded memoirs of a classmate who recently committed suicide.

Shadow and Bone

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 09:46:26 UTC

A girl discovers she has magical powers which involve her in the power schemes of a political elite.

Crazy Rich Asians

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 09:50:13 UTC

When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home and time with the man she might one day marry.

The Silence of the Lambs

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 09:51:34 UTC

FBI rookie Clarice Starling turns to Dr. Hannibal Lecter, monster cannibal held in a hospital for the criminally insane, for insight into the deadly madman she must find.

The Talented Mr Ripley

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 13:40:42 UTC

In the 1950s, Tom Ripley travels from the United States of America to Italy, to find Dickie Greenleaf and bring him home to his father. But when Tom sees Dickie's money and relaxed way of life, he becomes jealous and begins to make other plans.

Little Women

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 13:43:18 UTC

The four March sisters couldn't be more different. But with their father away at war, and their mother working to support the family, they have to rely on one another.

Whether they're putting on a play, forming a secret society, or celebrating Christmas, there's one thing they can't help wondering: Will Father return home safely?

To Kill A Mockingbird

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 13:45:14 UTC

Follows the trial of a black man accused of raping a young white girl with all the prejudices of the southern US in the 1930s.

Sense and Sensibility

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 13:46:41 UTC

The story of two very different sisters who find themselves thrown into an unkind world when their father dies. Marianne, wild and impulsive, falls dangerously in love, while Elinor suffers her own private heartbreak but conceals her true feelings, even from those closest to her.

Persepolis

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 13:47:42 UTC

"Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood" tells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from the ages of six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution and the devastating effects of war with Iraq.

Schindler's Ark

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 13:48:47 UTC

Fictionalized account of the industrialist Oskar Schindler's efforts to protect his Jewish factory workers from being exterminated by the Nazis.

Harry Potter series

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 13:49:21 UTC

Say no more!

The Lord Of The Rings trilogy

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 13:50:50 UTC

A fellowship of hobbits, elves, dwarfs, and men is formed to destroy the ring by casting it into the volcanic fires of the Crack of Doom, where it was forged. They are opposed on their harrowing mission by the evil Sauron and his Black Riders.

The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 13:51:58 UTC

A shy, introverted teenager living with tragedy in his past life comes out of his shell with the help of new friends at his school.

Never Let Me Go

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 13:53:05 UTC

Imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewered version of contemporary England. This novel dramatises the author's attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School, and with the fate that has always awaited her and her closest friends in the wider world.

Pride and Prejudice

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 14:32:19 UTC

Follows the relationship between Elizabeth Bennet and the eligible bachelor, Mr Darcy.

A Series of Unfortunate Events

jfe5 — 2024-04-23 14:36:37 UTC

When a massive fire kills their parents, three children are delivered to the custody of cousin and stage actor Count Olaf, who is secretly plotting to steal their parents' vast fortune.