Another young-adult fantasy novel is on it’s way to become the next best Hollywood project.
At least, that’s exactly what guys at Mandalay Pictures think about Sophie Jordan‘s Firelight.
So here’s the big news for today – Ramona and Beezus scribe Nick Pustay has been tapped to adapt this fantasy novel that has quite interesting description:
“….Jacinda is extraordinary–even for a draki (descendants of dragons who can shift into human form): she is a fire-breather.
Unique and invaluable to her “pride,” the 16-year-old is kept on a short leash, and it has already been ordained that she will mate with the alpha male, Cassian.
Jacinda’s determination to do things her own way finds her nearly captured by dragon hunters, but a surprisingly kind young hunter named Will allows her to escape. Rather than suffer the pride’s punishment for her daughter’s risky behavior, Jacinda’s mother decides the family should flee to live among regular humans.
Masquerading as a typical high school student would bury Jacinda’s draki nature until it died out. When Will turns out to be a classmate, Jacinda finds that her inexplicable attraction to him keeps her feel of fire and flight alive.
Being near a hunter is the most dangerous choice Jacinda can make, yet her desire for him–and need to preserve her inner dragon–cannot be ignored. This distinctive twist on the popular supernatural romance theme will appeal to fans of the genre, even if a lack of resolution at this story’s culmination may frustrate some readers.
Pustay previously worked on Ramona and Beezus, the adaptation of the Beverly Cleary novel, as well as Aquamarine, the Alice Hoffman book.
For Unique Features, he is writing the adaptation of Shiver, the story of a teenage boy who becomes a wolf each winter and his girlfriend.
We guess this could be a good one, and you?
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