New Moon
New Moon
By Stephenie Meyer
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Curriculum Subject: Teen Life: Relationships/Sexuality
Grades: 7-17
Shoot, I muttered when the paper sliced my finger; I pulled it out to examine the damage. A single drop of blood oozed from the tiny cut.It all happened very quickly then.Edward threw himself at me, flinging me back across the table…I tumbled down to the floor by the piano, with my arms thrown out instinctively to catch my fall, into the jagged shards of glass. I felt the searing, stinging pain that ran from my wrist to the crease inside my elbow. Dazed and disoriented, I looked up from the bright red blood pulsing out of my arm-into the fevered eyes of the six suddenly ravenous vampires.Legions of readers entranced by Twilight are hungry for more and they won’t be disappointed. In New Moon, Stephenie Meyer delivers another irresistible combination of romance and suspense with a supernatural twist. The “star-crossed” lovers theme continues as Bella and Edward find themselves facing new obstacles, including a devastating separation, the mysterious appearance of dangerous wolves roaming the forest in Forks, a terrifying threat of revenge from a female vampire and a deliciously sinister encounter with Italy’s reigning royal family of vampires, the Volturi. Passionate, riveting, and full of surprising twists and turns, this vampire love saga is well on its way to literary immortality.
PRAISE
A New York Times bestseller
A New York Times “Editor’s Choice”
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly “Kids’ Book Adults Would Love”
An Amazon “Best Book of the Decade * So Far”
A Teen People “Hot List” pick
An ALA “Top Ten Books for Young Adults”
* “Propelled by suspense and romance in equal parts [this story] will keep readers madly flipping the pages of Meyer’s tantalizing debut.” –Publishers Weekly (starred review)
* “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.”-School Library Journal (starred review)
*”In the tradition of Anne Rice. . . this dark romance is gripping.” –Booklist (starred review)