Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)

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Manufacturer: Little, Brown Young Readers
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Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780316015844 ISBN: 0316015849 Label: Little, Brown Young Readers Manufacturer: Little, Brown Young Readers Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 544 Publication Date: 2006-09-06 Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers Reading Level: Young Adult Studio: Little, Brown Young Readers
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"Softly he brushed my cheek, then held my face between his marble hands. ''Be very still,'' he whispered, as if I wasn''t already frozen. Slowly, never moving his eyes from mine, he leaned toward me. Then abruptly, but very gently, he rested his cold cheek against the hollow at the base of my throat. " As Shakespeare knew, love burns high when thwarted by obstacles. In Twilight, an exquisite fantasy by Stephenie Meyer, readers discover a pair of lovers who are supremely star-crossed. Bella adores beautiful Edward, and he returns her love. But Edward is having a hard time controlling the blood lust she arouses in him, because--he''s a vampire. At any moment, the intensity of their passion could drive him to kill her, and he agonizes over the danger. But, Bella would rather be dead than part from Edward, so she risks her life to stay near him, and the novel burns with the erotic tension of their dangerous and necessarily chaste relationship.Meyer has achieved quite a feat by making this scenario completely human and believable. She begins with a familiar YA premise (the new kid in school), and lulls us into thinking this will be just another realistic young adult novel. Bella has come to the small town of Forks on the gloomy Olympic Peninsula to be with her father. At school, she wonders about a group of five remarkably beautiful teens, who sit together in the cafeteria but never eat. As she grows to know, and then love, Edward, she learns their secret. They are all rescued vampires, part of a family headed by saintly Carlisle, who has inspired them to renounce human prey. For Edward''s sake they welcome Bella, but when a roving group of tracker vampires fixates on her, the family is drawn into a desperate pursuit to protect the fragile human in their midst. The precision and delicacy of Meyer''s writing lifts this wonderful novel beyond the limitations of the horror genre to a place among the best of YA fiction. (Ages 12 and up)
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:      Summary: You will be hooked immediately! Comment: It has been ages since I have found such a gripping and interesting story. Stephanie Meyer is pure talent!
Customer Rating:      Summary: Great oringinal series Comment: A great read, easy, but very entertaining. I'm looking forward to seeing it in film in Nov.
Customer Rating:      Summary: great book Comment: I bought the whole series for my 14 yr old granddaughter. She read this one in one day.It took her just over a week to read the series. It was spell binding for her. She can't wait for the movie.My 20 year old niece and all her friends are sharing the books also.
Customer Rating:      Summary: Amazing Comment: An amazing book! I couldn't put it down! Read it from cover to cover in one day... then passed it on to my little sister... and now to my daughter!
Customer Rating:      Summary: Twilight Comment: Awesome book! I couldn't put it down - read whole book in two sittings. Have purchased other three books in set and am just finishing up book 3. Stephanie Meyers is a terrific author.
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