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World Hotels - Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)
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List Price: $10.99
Our Price: $6.04
Your Save: $ 4.95 ( 45% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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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Editorial Reviews:
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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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Summary: Twilight, book 1
Comment: After watching the movie, and absolutely loving it, I read the book and it's even better. The relationships between Bella and Edward and his siblings are much more detailed. I would have liked to have seen the movie include more of this.
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Summary: unbelievably good story
Comment: I am more of a grandmother age, not a teenager, but I do enjoy a good story. This is not the quality of the detailed well written story you would find in the Harry Potter series, but it does keep you coming back and wanting to finish reading the story. It is a story of a lonely teenage girl who has no real closeness to either her father or mother. She has no adult figure helping her in her life. She meets a male vampire who "died" as a teenager and they fall in love. Yes, unbelievable, but yes I am still reading it and I will finish it. And I willprobably read the other three books as well!
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Summary: Excellent
Comment: I purchased this book for my niece and I was thrilled at how fast the order arrived. She thoroughly enjoyed the book. The price was great and the item came in great condition. She is about finished with the book so now it's time to work on book #2.
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Summary: Couldn't put it down!
Comment: The best book I have ever read! I never make it through the first few chapters of a book without getting bored but this book was one that I couldn't put down until I have finished it. Next to this book...I feel I can't even right a review that is worthy enough to describe the extraordinary piece of work.
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Summary: best book ever!
Comment: this is the only way to experience the series is to have these books on audio cd. The reader does a great job fully expressing the character bella as the author would want.
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