It’s another year of popular YA books getting the Hollywood treatment and coming to a theater near you very soon. This year, it’s all about coming-of-age stories, diverse representation, and sci-fi thrillers. Read on for the 8 YA book to movie adaptations we are most excited to see in 2018!
Based on the book of the same name by Madeleine L’Engle
Release date: March 9
Fourteen-year-old Meg embarks on a quest to find her missing scientist father. Enlisting the help of her brother, friend, and three other worldly beings, her search sends her on an epic adventure through space and time.
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Based on the book Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Release date: March 16
Seventeen-year-old Simon is harboring a secret from his family and friends: he’s gay. When this revelation is unexpectedly shared with the world, he must come to grips with his identity, find acceptance, and deal with the business of falling in love.
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Based on the book of the same name by Ernest Cline
Release date: March 30
It’s the year 2045 and the world is in ruins. Citizens find relief in the game OASIS, a virtual reality world where anything is possible. When the creator of OASIS dies, he sets up a challenge for players to find an Easter Egg he’s embedded within the game. The victor will inherit his fortune and control of the OASIS company. Wade Watts quickly emerges as a frontrunner in this intense competition and finds himself entangled in a web of mystery, danger, and mind-bending reality.
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Based on the book of the same name by Alexandra Bracken
Release date: August 3
In this dystopian world, majority of the world’s children have died of a disease. The remaining youth emerge with abilities and the government captures them to put into internment camps. Sixteen-year-old Ruby and a few others from her camp manage to escape and go on the run.
Based on the book of the same name by Philip Reeve
Release date: December 14
In a post-apocalyptic world, humanity survives in moving, mechanical cities that travel across a barren Earth capturing other smaller settlements and their resources.
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Based on the book of the same name by Angie Thomas
Release date: TBD 2018
When Starr Carter, a sixteen-year-old black girl, witnesses a white police officer shoot her unarmed friend, her life is thrown into chaos. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, this powerful story of truth, justice, and fighting for what you believe in is not to be missed.
Based on the book of the same name by Jenny Han
Release date: TBD 2018
Lara Jean’s life is turned upside down when five of her former crushes receive her secret love letters that she never intended for them to see. As Lara Jean attempts damage control, a surprising solution presents itself that could be more than what she bargained for. This perfect blend of a coming of age story and romantic comedy will delight and resonate with audiences alike.
Based on the book of the same name by Julie Murphy
Release date: TBD 2018
A plus-size teenager, Willowdean, decides to enter a beauty pageant to overcome her insecurities about her body that creep up when an attractive boy expresses his interest in her. Willowdean’s actions inspire others like her to join the pageant and shake things up in their little town.
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