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Type: fiction

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Author: Stephenie Meyer

Tags: fantasy fiction vampires romance teen love new moon breaking dawn eclipse meyer midnight stephenie sun twilight

Description: NO ONE IS STARING AT YOU, I promised myself. No one is staring at you. No one is staring atNO ONE IS STARING AT YOU, I promised myself. No one is staring at you. No one is staring at you.

But, because I couldn't lie convincingly even to myself, I had to check.

As I sat waiting for one of the three traffic lights in town to turn green, I peeked to the right — in her minivan, Mrs. Weber had turned her whole torso in my direction. Her eyes bored into mine, and I flinched back, wondering why she didn't drop her gaze or look ashamed. It was still considered rude to stare at people, wasn't it? Didn't that apply to me anymore?

Then I remembered that these windows were so darkly tinted that she probably had no idea if it was even me in here, let alone that I'd caught her looking. I tried to take some comfort in the fact that she wasn't really staring at me, just the car.

My car. Sigh.

I glanced to the left and groaned. Two pedestrians were frozen on the sidewalk, missing their chance to cross as they stared. Behind them, Mr. Marshall was gawking through the plate glass window of his little souvenir shop. At least he didn't have his nose pressed up against the glass. Yet....

2008-07-09

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Type: fiction

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Author: Stephenie Meyer

Tags: fantasy fiction vampires romance teen love new moon breaking dawn eclipse meyer midnight stephenie sun twilight

Description: "Shoot," I muttered when the paper sliced my finger; I pulled it out to examine the"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....

2008-07-09

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Type: fiction

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Author: Stephenie Meyer

Tags: fantasy fiction vampires romance teen love new moon breaking dawn eclipse meyer midnight stephenie sun twilight

Description: Bella Swan, 17, has just moved to the dreary town of Forks, Washington; it seems innocuousBella Swan, 17, has just moved to the dreary town of Forks, Washington; it seems innocuous enough until Bella has her first day of school and meets the mysterious and beautiful Edward Cullen. Edward, with alabaster skin and hypnotic golden eyes, seems to hate Bella on sight. She is dumbfounded by this and even more so when he saves her life. They begin to develop a relationship after this and Bella discovers Edward's dark secret and is suddenly immersed into his macabre and perilous world. A world of impossibly beautiful people who harbor immense strength and agility, sinister secrets and dangerous hobbies; a world of vampires. ...

2008-07-09