I’m a big fan of the site YA Highway and it’s author’s completed works (hello, Divergent series). Each Wednesday, they host a blog carnival with different writing or reading related questions. I’ve participated a bit on my old site, but will now share in the carnival on my shiny new site every Wednesday!
Road Trip Wednesday question #175: The Veronica Mars Kickstarter success makes us wonder, what YA book would you raise $2 million to see a movie version of?
For starters, let me first say, I would never raise 2 million dollars for any movie to be made. For cancer research, yes. For a movie, no. However, taking this question as “What YA book are you dying to see made into a movie?” My answer is this:
Those of you who know me, probably know my passion for poetry. I love that Ellen Hopkins has so successfully created poetry turned novel. If the poetry of Crank could be woven into a motion picture, I’d be the first to line up and see it. Crank is a story based on the author’s daughter’s personal story with her addiction to crystal meth. The story itself is a pretty standard addiction story, but the poetry and prose of the novel pulls you deeply in on an emotional level. With the right director, actors and most importantly, screenplay – this could be quite an original movie.
Runners up include: Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret? By Judy Blume and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
I’ve seen this book around, but never picked it up to read the synopsis – apparently I should have! As a therapist, addictions are very interesting to me. I didn’t realize the book was based on true events. I will add it to my TBR list. Thanks for sharing!
If you are a poetry fan, you will most definitely love it! I read it in one sitting.
I’ve seen CRANK recommended before. I’m not sure if it’s for me, but I might be persuaded to read it if I’m in the mood for something different.
THE BOOK THIEF would make a very good movie–it was an excellent book, so the pressure would be on the director to do it justice.
The site looks really nice, btw, Stef. 🙂
Thanks for sharing. I have heard good things about Crank and can’t wait to read it.