My Life as an Alphabet was recently adapted into a film called H is for Happiness. Another book that’s been adapted for film is City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau. The story is about Ember, a post-apocalyptic underground city, created to enable human survival. But now food is running out and the lights are failing. A dark future lies ahead. Enter Lina and Doon, who discover fragments of an ancient parchment, which may just contain clues to way out of Ember.