Many grew up in high school musical theatre, and it continues to be home for many young teens. Here are a few high school musical favorites that were adapted from books:
“Alice by Heart” adapted from “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll
The story centers on Alice, a young girl who falls asleep in a meadow and dreams that she follows a White Rabbit down a rabbit hole. She has many wondrous, often bizarre adventures with thoroughly illogical and very strange creatures.
“First Impressions” adapted from “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen
In a remote Hertfordshire village, far off the good coach roads of George III's England, a country squire of no great means must marry off his five vivacious daughters. At the heart of this all-consuming enterprise are his headstrong second daughter Elizabeth Bennet and her aristocratic suitor Fitzwilliam Darcy - two lovers whose pride must be humbled and prejudices dissolved before the novel can come to its splendid conclusion.
“The Scarlet Pimpernel” adapted from "The Scarlet Pimpernel” by Emmuska Orczy
During the French Revolution a secret society of English gentlemen is formed by the enigmatic Scarlet Pimpernel, to rescue their fellow French nobility. Marguerite's brother is threatened by a Frenchman, who demands information on the Scarlet Pimpernel in return for her brother's safety. Marguerite makes the exchange only to discover that her boring fop of a husband is the Pimpernel himself!
“The Wizard of Oz” adapted from "The Wizard of Oz” by Frank L. Baum (Frank Lyman)
After a cyclone carries Dorothy and her dog, Toto, to a place far away from her home on the Kansas prairie, this adventurous little girl sets off on the Yellow Brick Road to find the Wizard, picking up a few unexpected friends along the way.
“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime” adapted from "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime” by Mark Haddon
Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. And he detests the color yellow. This improbable story of Christopher's quest to investigate the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog makes for one of the most captivating, unusual and widely heralded novels in recent years.
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