We’re used to films adapted from books, but the reverse form of adaptation holds a certain stigma among book lovers. Just as some insist the book is always better than the film, many naturally assume the novelization of a film can’t be as worthwhile as the original. The stigma is so pervasive, some readers who love film or […]
The magical boarding school novel forms a robust subgenre of children’s and young adult fantasy literature. Harry Potter learns he’s a legacy student at Hogwarts; Percy Jackson is spirited off to a training ground for demigods; Lissa and Rose get dragged back to St. Vladimir’s, the vampire academy. This, despite the fact that the boarding […]