Complex sentence: His first venture into writing for children was the 2002 novel "Hoot", which was named a Newbery Medal honor book and was adapted as a 2006 film of the same name (starring Logan Lerman, Brie Larson and Luke Wilson).
Split into simpler sentences: His first venture into writing for children was the 2002 novel "Hoot", which was named a Newbery Medal honor book. It was adapted as a 2006 film of the same name (starring Logan Lerman, Brie Larson and Luke Wilson).