Young Adult
Author Tomi Adeyemi has stated she will not watch the upcoming film version of her novel Children of Blood and Bone. The 2018 young adult book is being adapted by director Gina Prince-Bythewood for Paramount Pictures with a planned release on January 15.
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Authors, agents and publishers report increasing difficulties in producing and selling queer books for young readers. Five years of rising challenges have led to reduced acquisitions and sales drops. A national bill targeting transgender topics recently advanced in Congress.
The film version of Courtney Summers's young adult novel This Is Not a Test will premiere in Canadian theatres on February 27, 2026. Directed by Adam MacDonald, it follows teenagers surviving a zombie apocalypse while barricaded in their high school. This marks the first screen adaptation of Summers's work, which has earned her multiple awards.
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Prime Video has greenlit a young adult romantic drama series based on Chloe Walsh's bestselling 'Boys of Tommen' books. The adaptation, produced by the team behind 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' and others, will explore a forbidden love story set in Ireland. Season 1 adapts the first two novels, with a release date yet to be announced.