FiveNetflixMoviesBasedonBooks!ContributedbyMartaSilvagnoli

1.TheBoyintheStripedPajamas2008(HolocaustFiction,JohnBoyne,2006)**AvailableattheNavyDigitalLibrary/Overdrive

TheBoyintheStripedPajamasisaboutaGermanfamilythatmovedfromBerlintoPoland,andlivedoutsideofaconcentrationcamp,wherethefather,anSSofficer,wasitsnewCommandant.Hisnine-year-oldsonBrunobecamefriendswithanimprisonedboynamedShmuelontheothersideofthefencenearthefamily’shome.BrunobringsfoodtohimandsneaksintothecamptohelpShmuelfindhisfather.2.TheGuernseyLiteraryandPotatoPeelPieSociety2018(HistoricalFiction,MaryAnnShafferandAnnieBarrows,2008)**AvailableattheNavyDigitalLibrary/Overdrive

ThisisastoryaboutabookclubformedinGuernseyduringtheWWIIGermanoccupation.JulietAshton,themaincharacterandanauthor,leavesLondononabooktouracrossEngland.Bychance,shereceivesaletterfromatotalstrangerwholivesinGuernseywhowasseekingadditionalbooksbyanauthornamedCharlesLamb.JulietsendstherequestermorebooksbyLambandasksthewriterabouttheliterarysocietyshebelongedtoandbegancorrespondingwithitsmembers.JulietlatertravelstoGuernseytointerviewmembersanddoresearchonlifeunderoccupationWWII.Readersespeciallylikethewittyexchangesbetweenthebook’scharacters.

3.BrainonFire2016(Autobiography/Memoir,SusannahCahalan,2012)**AvailableattheNavyDigitalLibrary/Overdrive

SusannahCahalan,ajournalistattheNewYorkPost,isplaguedbyvoicesinherhead,seizures,andviolentepisodes,duetoarareformofencephalitis.Thebookdescribesherillnessandrecovery.

4.ThetalentedMr.Ripley1999(Fiction,PatriciaHighsmith,1955)**AvailableattheNavyDigitalLibrary/Overdrive

TheTalentedMr.Ripleyisa1955psychologicalthrillernovelbyPatriciaHighsmith.Aboutthelifeofahandsomesociopathandhisviolentbehaviors.**AvailableattheNavyDigitalLibrary/Overdrive 5.EscapefromMr.Lemoncello’sLibrary(JuvenileFiction,Chris Grabenstein,2017)**AvailableattheNavyDigitalLibrary/Overdrive A game designer builds a library full of traps for a group of kids who play an elaborate scavenger hunt.