Freebie Friday: Fiction to Film

Welcome to Freebie Friday!

Today is the release day of two big movies based on books. 

First, there's Breaking Dawn, Part II. Though I've read all the Twilight books, I've never seen any of the movies -- I do have an explanation, but it's a long one. At this point, I think I'll just wait and do a marathon of all the movies on DVD. But if you're seeing BDII this weekend -- or if you're dragging around today because you caught the midnight showing -- I hope you loved it!

If you're posting about the movie, link up in your comment. I'm dying to hear what you think!

Then, there's Anna Karenina. I liked the book -- lots of angst and intrigue and forbidden romance.

So let's talk fiction to film...

Here are some of my favorite YA books that have been made into movies -- besides the obvious Big Three: Harry Potter, Twilight and The Hunger Games:

The Outsiders by S. E Hinton

Yes, the movie has a bit of the 80s cheese factor. But the cast is a total Brat Pack extravaganza: Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise, Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Patrick Swayze....

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn

I love this book so much and no movie could be quite as good, but again, a great cast: Michael Cera and Kat Dennings are Nick and Norah.

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares

Fun movie with an all-star cast of actors that were must less well-known back then: Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, and Blake Lively.

Here are some YA books that have just (or are just about to be) released as films:

Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (released September 2012)

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (releasing August 2013)

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (releasing February 2013) Here's the trailer!

And finally, here are some YA books that have been optioned for film and are in various stages of development but haven't -- as far as my research indicates -- actually started filming. Which means that, if the stars align, they could make it to the big screen!

I got a lot of information for this section from an amazing blog post at Big Books/Tiny Voices. Click here to read it.

If you're interested in the topic, this post has SO much info -- check it out to read about even more YA books that have been optioned! The post is from May, so they are missing a few, like John Green's The Fault in Our Stars -- details here.



Blood Red Road by Moira Young

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi


Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

Legend by Marie Lu

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

Heist Society by Ally Carter

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

So, to enter this week's Freebie Friday, either tell me about your favorite film based on a book OR tell me which of these upcoming YA books-to-film you are most excited about.

Open internationally. If the winner, as selected by Rafflecopter, resides in US/Canada they can choose one of the above 15 books OR pick from a short list of 2012 ARCs. Want to know what they are? They're pictured here.

If the winner is international, they can choose one of the 15 books pictured above.

I'm trying this new prize system. Freebie Friday was originally designed as a way for me to share my overflow of books. But given international shipping costs and times, it is cheaper and faster to use The Book Depository to ship to winners outside the US and Canada. I hope this is a good compromise. I don't want to leave out my wonderful international followers! Let me know what you think!

Entries will be accepted until Monday morning at 8:00 am EST. If the account you comment under does not link to a blog or email address, please leave your email in the Google Doc!

NO LONGER ACCEPTING ENTRIES! PLEASE CHECK THIS WEEK'S CURRENT FREEBIE FRIDAY!