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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (other topics)The Aftermath (other topics)
Five Feet Apart (other topics)
Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman (other topics)
Pet Sematary (other topics)
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Where to watch: Neflix starting March 1
About the book: When 14-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought in 2001, everyone's crops began to fail. His family didn't have enough money for food, let alone school, so William spent his days in the library. He came across a book on windmills and figured out how to build a windmill that could bring electricity to his village. Everyone thought he was crazy but William persevered and managed to create a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps. Several years later he figured out how to use the windmill for irrigation purposes.
Movie release: March 15
About the book: Assigned to oversee the reconstruction of Hamburg in the tumultuous year following World War II, Colonel Lewis Morgan lives with his family in the home of a German widower, an arrangement that forces both families to confront their passions and true selves.
Movie release: March 15
About the book: Seventeen-year-olds Stella and Will, both suffering from cystic fibrosis, realize the only way to stay alive is to stay apart, but their love for each other is slowly pushing the boundaries of physical and emotional safety.
Where to watch: Hulu starting March 15
About the book: The Guardian columnist and This American Life social commentator presents a series of essays about the qualities of a comedic feminist and her experiences of coming of age in a popular culture that is hostile to plus-sized women who speak their minds.
Movie release: April 5
About the book: Dr. Louis Creed and his wife Rachel chose rural Maine to settle his family and bring up their children. It was a better place than smog-covered Chicago -- or so he thought. But that was before be became acquainted with the pet burial ground located in the backwoods of the quiet community of Ludlow.
Where to watch: AMC or BBC America starting April 7
About the book: Discovering a magical manuscript in Oxford's library, scholar Diana Bishop, a descendant of witches who has rejected her heritage, inadvertently unleashes a fantastical underworld of daemons, witches, and vampires whose activities center around an enchanted treasure.
Movie release: April 12
About the book: Good girl Tessa, just starting out in college, finds herself falling for bad boy Hardin, even though he continues to push her away.
Movie title: Breakthrough
Release date: April 17
About the book: Joyce Smith's 14-year-old son John fell through an icy Missouri lake one winter morning. At the hospital, John lay lifeless for more than 60 minutes. But Joyce was not ready to give up. She mustered all her faith and strength and cried out to God in a loud voice to save her on. Immediately, her John's heart miraculously started beating, again. He would defy every expert, every case history, and every scientific prediction. Sixteen days after being clinically dead for an hour, John walked out of the hospital under his own power, completely healed. His story is about a profound truth: prayer really does work. And when we combine it with unshakable faith, nothing is impossible.