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Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1) | 
 enlarge | Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
List Price: $10.99
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Rating:  3325 reviews
Sales Rank: 7
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 544
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.5
ISBN: 0316015849
EAN: 9780316015844
ASIN: 0316015849
Publication Date: September 6, 2006
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Condition: Brand New Softcover
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Amazon.com Review
The book that started the phenomenon is now available in a deluxe collector's edition! Featuring a ribbon bookmark, cloth cover, ragged edges, new chapter opener designs, and a beautiful protective slipcase, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.
Bella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Bella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, especially Bella, the person Edward holds most dear.
Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight captures the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This is a love story with bite.
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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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| Customer Reviews: Read 3320 more reviews...
 for adolescents January 6, 2009
S. Manor (Georgia)
i downloadwd this book because of the topic vampires but this novel is for kids
 Super good book!! January 6, 2009
D. johnson (Fincastle,Va.)
I had seen the movie and really enjoyed it..figured the book would be wildly different, as that is how it seems to go. I was very pleased that the movie followed the book exactly..with only a few variations. A good, quick read.
 Good read and if you like it you will get completely sucked in... January 6, 2009
Chris Ermatinger (Tampa Florida)
I'm not a teen and did not know what to expect since I know this is aimed for that audience. (I'm a thirty-something!) Anyway, after about the first two chapters I got involved and enjoyed the book. Obviously it's an easy read but what draws you in is the mystery/suspense and unrequited love. It keeps you intrigued.
Twilight January 6, 2009
Karly E. Kelley (San Diego, CA USA)
Twilight is very well written. It's an easy read, and it's fasinating from the very beginning. I enjoyed it so much, I couldn't put it down. I finished it within the same day I started it! I also enjoyed the rest of the series!
 jewel2581 January 6, 2009
Wendy
I absolutely loved the Twilight saga. I bought the collector's edition to replace my tattered paperback. It cost the same as the regular hardcover (on amazon). I love the black on black scroll design, the built in bookmark and the case it comes in. What I do not like is that there isn't an optional sleeve to cover the cloth cover, and I guess I expected more. Like a nicer bookmark, or for it to have a dust jacket, etc.
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