Book to Movie Adaptions - Action Edition

Action adventures provide audiences with thrills, suspense, and excitement. Try these great books and then watch the movie adaptations available on Hoopla!

Animal Farm

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

George Orwell’s fable of animal instinct and human folly. Animals take over their farm and turn it into a democratic society, one where all animals are equal. But are they?

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12368302

E-book: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12325523

The Black Stallion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A boy forges a lifelong friendship with a wild stallion when they are shipwrecked on a deserted island. This is Carroll Ballard’s beautiful film version of Walter Farley’s classic children’s novel.

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11805949

E-book: https://livebrary.overdrive.com/media/635514

The Black Stallion Returns

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alec Ramsay tries to rescue his stallion, the Black, from warring Arab tribes. A beautifully done, entertaining sequel based on Walter Farley’s second Black Stallion children’s novel.

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12840619

E-book: https://livebrary.overdrive.com/media/635520

The Canterbury Tales

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

An offbeat film version of Geoffrey Chaucer’s classic tales. It’s an artistic, violent, cinematic retelling from Pier Paolo Pasolini.

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12840563

E-book: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/13258252

A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

A modern TV movie version of Mark Twain’s classic. A young girl wakes up in King Arthur’s Camelot after a riding accident. It stars Keshia Knight Pulliam of “The Cosby Show”.

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11656984

E-book: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11932872

Don Quixote

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cervantes’ tale of a retired gentleman out to right the wrongs of society. It was adapted for Broadway as the popular musical “Man Of La Mancha”. That show also became a film.

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11961905

E-book: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11470210

Gulliver’s Travels

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Max Fleischer’s animated film version of Jonathan Swift’s novel about an explorer’s adventures in Lilliput. The movie was inspired by the success of Walt Disney’s “Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs”. That movie was also largely responsible for “The Wizard Of Oz”.

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11950611

E-book: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11908988

Heidi

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

The adventures of a young orphan being raised by her eccentric grandfather in the Swiss mountains. Johanna Spyri’s family favorite was turned into one of Shirley Temple’s most popular movies. That film was remade as NBC’s infamous 1968 TV movie.

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11942977

E-book: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11907692

Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

The adventures of Mowgli, a young man raised by jungle animals. This is Alexander Korda’s 1942 classic, which was nominated for four Academy Awards. It’s a darker, more realistic companion piece to Walt Disney’s 1967 cartoon version.

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11893873

E-book: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11664272

Kidnapped

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Robert Louis Stevenson’s adventure classic, a Scottish nobleman rescues the kidnapped heir of an important family. They then unite to stop a British invasion of Scotland. The story has been filmed nine times, including by Walt Disney in 1960.

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12151375

E-book: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11580651

Left Behind

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

A pilot and his daughter lead a group investigating the sudden disappearance of millions of people. This is based on the first novel in Tim LaHaye’s popular series. It was later followed by a sequel.

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12418005

E-book: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11276232

The Osterman Weekend

  

 

 

 

 

 

A TV journalist discovers that his three closest friends are Russian spies just before a reunion at his home. The result is a deadly weekend of lies, betrayal, and murder. Sam Peckinpah directed this violent thriller, based on Robert Ludlum’s bestseller.

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11049252

E-book: https://livebrary.overdrive.com/media/1013259

Rob Roy

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liam Neeson and Jessica Lange star in this rousing adventure, based on Sir Walter Scott’s novel. A Scottish nobleman leads his people against evil landowners. Walt Disney had filmed the story in 1952.

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11080156

E-book: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12168217

Mr. Robinson Crusoe

  

  

 

 

 

 

Daniel Defoe’s adventures of a young man who bets his friend that he can survive on a desert island. This is a darker, more serious version of Defoe’s novel. It’s very different from Walt Disney’s 1966 comedy adaptation, “Lt.Robin Crusoe,U.S.N.”

Links: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12243270

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E-book: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11531059

Tarzan Of The Apes

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

This silent epic is the first film version of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic. It’s about a young boy raised by apes after his parents are killed. The film was memorably remade by MGM in 1932, starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O’Sullivan.

Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12221672

E-book: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11664271