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Splitting franchise films into two parts made sense for young adult books like “Harry Potter,” “Twilight” and “The Hunger Games,” given that each series boasted thicker tomes with each subsequent release.

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Tola and Kevin are a mother-son duo behind an account that posts candid videos of what it's like to raise a young adult with autism, striving to create content that raises awareness and promotes acceptance.

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But the Telegraph's Claire Alfree called the show a "depressingly bad adaptation" of the young adult books.

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They delivered it in their co-authored young adult novel “Don’t Feed the Lion.”

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Like her similarly talented yet contested contemporary, Kristen Stewart, rising to fame as the star of a franchise of young adult novel adaptations has its disadvantages.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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