Twilight

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Book Title: Twilght

Book Summary:

Bella decides to move in with her dad so her mom and new husband can travel, because new husband is a baseball player.  While in Forks Washington Bella meets Edward Cullen and his strange family.  Edward is not a normal human in fact he is not human at all he is a vegetarian vampire.  That means he only hunts animals not humans, which is a good thing.  Until they meet vampires that do feed on humans and those guys start to cause a few problems when some of the town folk end up dead.  And who is next on the list to be hunted that is right you guessed it Bella.  Edward does not take this lightly and wants to run away with Bella to keep her safe, his family convinces him that the two should spilt up as to confuse the hunters.   

APA Reference:

Meyer, S. (2005). Twilight. New York: Little, Brown and Company.

My Impressions: I love this book and this series; this is the only series that I have ever read.  I love that it feels like you are there sitting in the café with them chatting up a storm.  The way that there are little clues that are important for the next book in the series is great, it makes you want to read the next book just to find out what happens to Jacob. 

Professional Review:

Meyer, Stephenie. Twilight

School Library Journal

Gr 9 Up--Headstrong, sun-loving, 17-year old Bella declines her mom's invitation to move to Florida, and instead reluctantly opts to move to her dad's cabin in the dreary, rainy town of Forks, WA. She becomes intrigued with Edward Cullen, a distant, stylish, and disarmingly handsome senior, who is also a vampire. When he reveals that his specific elan hunts wildlife instead of humans, Bella deduces that she is safe from his bloodsucking instincts and therefore free to fall hopelessly in love with him. The feeling is mutual, and the resulting volatile romance smolders as they attempt to hide Edward's identity from her family and the rest of the school. Meyer adds an eerie new twist to the mismatched, star-crossed lovers theme: predator falls for prey, human falls for vampire. This tension strips away any pretense readers may have about the everyday teen romance novel, and kissing, touching, and talking take on an entirely new meaning when one small mistake could be life-threatening. Bella and Edward's struggle to make their relationship work becomes a struggle for survival, especially when vampires from an outside clan infiltrate the Cullen territory and head straight for her. As a result, the novel's danger-factor skyrockets as the excitement of secret love and hushed affection morphs into a terrifying race to stay alive. Realistic, subtle, succinct, and easy to follow, Twilight will have readers dying to sink their teeth into it.--Hillias J. Martin, New York Public Library

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Martin, Hillias J.

Citation:

Martin, Hillias J. "Meyer, Stephenie. Twilight." School Library Journal Oct. 2005: 166. Business Insights: Global. Web. 14 Aug. 2015.

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Library Uses: I don’t know what activity I would with this book, I know that I would see if I could get it added to the book club list, for every book that we that have a movie we can watch the movie when we finish the book and then compare and contrast them.