Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn
8th grade and up
Good luck finding these on the shelves at the library! I have quite literally placed Twilight out on display and seen someone go home with it ten minutes later. My 13-year-old sister was the first person I heard rave about these books – and I mean rave. For months, all she could talk about was how Bella and Edward belonged together, but, oh, poor Jacob. I almost felt like I already knew the story by the time I gave in and actually started reading what I thought would be a sappy teen romance series.
Well, I was right; it is a sappy teen romance series. But it is a very cool sappy teen romance series, and if you aren’t careful, you might find yourself analyzing some of the most significant human themes in books rife with non-humans. Where is the line between obsession and love? What would it be like to need someone whose very existence is against nature, against everything you hold dear? What would you be willing to sacrifice for true love, and will such love really make you happy? These are the questions 17-year-old Bella faces when she falls irrevocably in love with Edward, a member of a “family” of vampires who have sworn off human blood, but whose presence in the tiny Washington town of Forks nevertheless threatens the destruction of Bella’s own family, her best friend, and her very soul.
Be prepared to be seduced by these books, to feel deeply the emotions of all the characters, to put yourself in the places of a vampire, a werewolf, and a magnificently human teenaged girl.
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