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"Prepare to relive your childhood, millennials. The first official trailer for the upcoming movie The Giver was released Wednesday.\nThe movie is based on the bestselling 1993 young adult novel by Lois Lowry that follows a boy named Jonas (Brenton Thwaites) through 12 years of his life in a future Utopian society that is slowly revealed to be anything but ideal.\nSee also: Latest 'Maleficent' Trailer Reveals Angelina Jolie's Darkest Role Yet\nJonas is assigned the role of The Receiver of Memory, or the only person who can remember what life was like before the Sameness took over. As Jonas receives these memories from the elder receiver a.k.a. The Giver (Jeff Bridges), he is made aware of the dark secrets of his fragile society. \nThe movie has already received some criticism for ignoring the fact that the first half of the book is portrayed in black and white. However, that could be overlooked with an all-star cast of Meryl Streep as an evil Chief Elder, Alexander Skarsgard and Katie Holmes as Jonas' parents and Taylor Swift as the failed Receiver of Memory, Rosemary.\nPhilip Noyce (Patriot Games, The Bone Collector) directed the film, scheduled to arrive in theaters Aug. 15.\nBONUS: 9 YA Books to Hold You Over for 'The Fault in Our Stars'\n\n\n\nYA Books for The Fault in Our Stars\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Winger by Andrew Smith \n\nIt's Ryan Dean's junior year at a private boarding school, and after a minor infraction last year, he's living in the dorm for rule-breakers -- somewhere his brainy, scrawny  14-year-old self will never belong. But everything would be fine if his best friend Annie would just realize that they should be more than friends\nLike TFIOS, you'll think you know why you'll need tissues, but a surprise ending is what really turns you into a puddle of tears.\n\n\nImage:  Simon and Schuster\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. And We Stay by Jenny Hubbard\nEmily didn't write much poetry before, but as a new student at a boarding school halfway through her junior year, she finds herself unable to stop. The poems are the only way she can deal with her boyfriend's suicide, and the knowledge of her role in it. Like Hazel Grace, Emily is fixated on an author -- but instead of a fictional novelist, she's all about Emily Dickinson.\n\nImage:  Random House\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. This Star Won't Go Out by Esther Earl, Lori Earl, Wayne Earl and John Green\nWith a foreword by John Green, this is the writings of Esther Earl, his friend and fellow nerdfighter who died of thyroid cancer at 16. Though he often reminds his readers that Hazel isn't Esther, he did dedicate The Fault in Our Stars to her.\n\nImage:  Penguin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green\nIf you're looking for a John Green novel that won't leave you sobbing, An Abundance of Katherines is a safe bet. The funny and footnote-filled story follows Colin, a former child prodigy who has been recently dumped by his nineteenth girlfriend named Katherine. In an attempt to get his mind of of her, the young protagonist goes on a summer road trip with his best friend.\n\nImage:  Penguin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson\nLia is very, very skinny, and that's the way she likes it. But after her best friend dies from complications with bulimia, her world starts to unravel. This is another YA novel that brilliantly examines loss, coming to terms with a friend's illness, and finally understanding your own.\n\nImage:  Penguin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. Eleanor &amp; Park by Rainbow Rowell\nEleanor and Park meet on the bus. At first, Park wants nohing to do with the weird, new girl, but soon the two bond over music and comics. Eventually, both live for their time on the bus together. Like TFIOS, Eleanor &amp; Park follows what should be a simple, beautiful teenage love story that's complicated by terrible outside forces beyond their control.\n\nImage:  Macmillan\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins\nIf your favorite part of The Fault in Our Stars was Hazel and Gus' trip to Amsterdam, Anna and the French Kiss should satisfy your literary wanderlust. For her final year of high school, Anna is shipped off to boarding school in Paris, where she meets the smart, adorable Brit named Etienne St. Clair. Unfortunately getting her first French kiss with him isn't that easy. \n\nImage:  Penguin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp\nSutter Keely likes to have fun, and he likes everyone around him to do the same. But after his girlfriend dumps him, it's hard to maintain his normal upbeat self. Then he meets (a.k.a. wakes up passed out on her lawn) Amy, a quiet girl with no social life. Sutter decides to make her his project -- to leave Amy with a more exciting life than he found her with. But slowly, her role morphs from project to girlfriend, and Sutter starts to wonder if he's hurting more than  helping. You can prep for the TFIOS by seeing the film based on The Spectacular Now, which also stars Shailene Woodley.\n\nImage:  Random House\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews\nThough it is a book about love, travel, friendship, and the mark you'll leave on the world, The Fault in Our Stars is also about teens dealing with cancer. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl also tackles that subject. Greg is fine with his one-friend status, but his mom insists that he make at least one more, specifically Rachel, a girl diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia.\n\nImage:  Abrams Books\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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