Young adult novels have proven to be successful franchises for television and film. They easily attract viewers owing to the fact that young adult book series have established a solid following ever since its publication.
Recently, a reboot of Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events" has earned rave reviews from viewers and fans of the books. Variety describes the show as "weird, wonderful masterpiece." Here are some of the top young adult book series that should be adapted for television.
Artemis Fowl
"Artemis Fowl" is arguably one of the most popular book series ever to be published. The books follow the story of a young genius, criminal mastermind named Artemis who cooks up a plan to extort gold from the Fairy People.
The "Artemis Fowl" book series is a critical darling. It secured a legion of followers and continues to attract new fans to this day. There have been many attempts to make a movie adaptation for "Artemis Fowl," but such plans have not materialized.
According to Cinema Blend, Disney is planning to revive the "Artemis Fowl" movie project with "Cinderella" director Kenneth Branagh helming the film.
The Jackaby Series
This series has been aptly described as "Sherlock" meets "Doctor Who." It is set in 1982 New England where Abigail Rook meets R.F. Jackaby, a young boy with Sherlock Holmes-like qualities that can sense the supernatural.
The Program Series
"The Program" series is fitting for this day and age as it tackles real issues such as teen suicide and depression. It takes place in the not so distant future where teens that suffer depression are enrolled in "The Program," where they forget their memories and are secluded from the rest of the world. The story focuses on a girl named Sloane. Sloane slips into depression after her boyfriend enters "The Program" and her friend commits suicide.
When she enlists in "The Program," Sloane forgets all of her memories, but begins to fall in love all over again.
Reboot Series
Aside from vampires, zombies appear to be one of the most bankable supernatural entities on screen. Amy Tintera's "Reboot" series has the same kind of dystopian flavor where a wide-spread disease cause people to die and resurrect as stronger and faster beings called Reboots. So the zombies in this series are not like the ones in "The Walking Dead." Instead they are soldiers that have lost their humanity and are feared by society. The lead in the story is a girl named Wren, one of the most powerful Reboots.
