Xavier High School A & E 12 Hannah Becker ‘14 Hannah Becker is a junior this year; have you gotten to know her during her three years at Xavier? Who’s in the hallway? Ashley Pudil A&E Writer Hannah is involved in many activities in the Fine Arts Department, such as speech, art, and many of the school plays. She is also the photographer for the Xavier Thespians. Hannah has some weird talents. She can wink really fast and can touch her foot to her ear. Over the summer, Hannah was a counselor-in- training at Camp Wapsie. To learn more about Hannah and her talents, you can find her at Barnes and Noble or anywhere at Xavier “24/7”, especially in the art room and the theater. Best-sellers to blockbusters In the past years, there have been many directors taking the liberty of turning best-sellers into blockbusters. Movies such as the Harry Potter series, The Hunger Games, and The Twilight Saga have been transformed from their original state as ink and paper into a full blown feature film with actors and actresses. Nicholas Sparks, the writer of 18 romance novels, has helped directors make seven movies based on his books that have made over $520,959,685 total in the box office. The Hunger Games movie, based on the book by Suzanne Collins, has made $672,826,249 in the box office while the book has only made about $230 million. There are good and bad aspects of turning books into movies. Senior Ashlyn Manternach usually sees the movie first. “If you read the book first, it ruins the movie,” Manternach said. “It’s so much more exciting if you see the ending for the first time in a movie.” Senior Michaela Powell has a different opinion. Powell signed a pledge called Read It First, which promises to read any book before you go see the film version. “I think it is way better to read the book first,” Powell said. “In movies, sometimes important details can be left out, or the director might cut your favorite scene.” There are many book-to- movies coming out this year. Les Miserables, a book-turned-play- turned-movie, will open in theaters in December. An adaption of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is set for release this spring. The first movie in the Beautiful Creatures series, written by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, is in production. In the upcoming year, there will be a large selection of book-to- movies hitting a theater near you. Emma Hunt A&E Assistant Editor

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Xavier High SchoolA & E12

Hannah Becker‘14

Hannah Becker is a junior this year; have you gotten to know her during her three years at Xavier?

Who’s in the hallway?

Ashley PudilA&E Writer

Hannah is involved in many activities in the Fine Arts Department, such as speech, art, and many of the school plays. She is also the photographer for the Xavier Thespians.

Hannah has some weird talents. She can wink really fast and can touch her foot to her ear. Over the summer, Hannah was a counselor-in-training at Camp Wapsie.

To learn more about Hannah and her talents, you can find her at Barnes and Noble or anywhere at Xavier “24/7”, especially in the art room and the theater.

Best-sellers to blockbustersIn the past years, there have

been many directors taking the liberty of turning best-sellers into blockbusters. Movies such as the Harry Potter series, The Hunger Games, and The Twilight Saga have been transformed from their original state as ink and paper into a full blown feature film with actors and actresses.

Nicholas Sparks, the writer of 18 romance novels, has helped directors make seven movies based on his books that have made over $520,959,685 total in the box office. The Hunger Games movie, based on the book by Suzanne Collins, has made $672,826,249 in the box office while the book has only made about $230 million.

There are good and bad aspects of turning books into movies.

Senior Ashlyn Manternach usually sees the movie first. “If you read the book first, it ruins the movie,” Manternach said. “It’s so much more exciting if you see the ending for the first time in a movie.”

Senior Michaela Powell has a different opinion. Powell signed a pledge called Read It First, which promises to read any book before you go see the film version. “I think it is way better to read the book first,” Powell said. “In movies, sometimes important details can be left out, or the director might cut your favorite scene.”

There are many book-to-movies coming out this year. Les Miserables, a book-turned-play-turned-movie, will open in theaters in December. An adaption of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is set for release this spring. The first movie in the Beautiful Creatures series, written by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, is in production. In the upcoming year, there will be a large selection of book-to-movies hitting a theater near you.

Emma HuntA&E Assistant Editor