Twilight
Meyer, Stephanie
ISBN-13 9780316160179
ISBN-10 0316160172
Publisher: Little, Brown Books 2005
Genre: Vampire Fiction
Reading Level: 720 Lexile
Interest Age: 14-18
Reader's Annotation:
He is cold, he wants her blood and he shimmers in the sun. He is perfect, or is he?
Plot Summary:
Bella lives in Forks, Washington with her father. Life is pretty uneventful and she is your typical high school girl. Everything seems to be going normally when she meets Edward Cullen. He is an odd guy who is extremely white and is very mysterious. He spends his time with four other unusually beautiful people at lunch but they never seem to eat anything. She gets to know Edward, who is a vampire just like the others. He loves the smell of her blood and has to try very hard not to kill her by drinking from her.
This is how the story begins. Edward knows where Bella is at all times and knows when she is in danger. They start to spend a lot of time together and Bella finds she loves the whole family. The Cullen family has decided they will not feed on humans. This is what keeps them together. Edward loves her, but will he be able to keep herself from hurting her?
Critical Evaluation:
This book starts out like many other teen fiction stories. Bella moves to a new town with nothing to do and finds a mysterious boy to start talking to. It takes a turn when she finds out he is a vampire who wants to drink her blood. The book is not very well written but it appeals to the masses. This book started a phenomenon of Twilight. Teens across the country know about Bella and Edward. There is something in the way Meyer wrote the characters that got the attention of readers. She made Vampires people you would see in school but not socialize with. They were not these mean creatures killing everyone, but undead who wanted to learn and better themselves.
The love story is a bit too much and the fact that Bella feels she cannot live without Edward does not send a good message to teenage girls about being independent. Bella's happiness is dependent on Edward and what he does. This is the opposite of what we should be teaching our growing girls.
About the Author:
Stephanie Meyer graduated as an English major from Brigham Young University and began her life as a wife and mother. She lives in Arizona with her husband and three children. One night, Meyer had a dream one night that stuck with her. She decided to sit down and start writing between potty training and extra curricular activities. It took her three months and she had finished Twilight, her first book.
Her sister encouraged Meyer to submit the book to publishers. In 2005, Little, Brown received the transcript and loved the book. Twilight was an immediate success and Meyer was an instant celebrity. The next three books were a huge hit as well making Twilight a phenomenon.
http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/bio.html
Curriculum Ties:
N/A
Bella lives in Forks, Washington with her father. Life is pretty uneventful and she is your typical high school girl. Everything seems to be going normally when she meets Edward Cullen. He is an odd guy who is extremely white and is very mysterious. He spends his time with four other unusually beautiful people at lunch but they never seem to eat anything. She gets to know Edward, who is a vampire just like the others. He loves the smell of her blood and has to try very hard not to kill her by drinking from her.
This is how the story begins. Edward knows where Bella is at all times and knows when she is in danger. They start to spend a lot of time together and Bella finds she loves the whole family. The Cullen family has decided they will not feed on humans. This is what keeps them together. Edward loves her, but will he be able to keep herself from hurting her?
Critical Evaluation:
This book starts out like many other teen fiction stories. Bella moves to a new town with nothing to do and finds a mysterious boy to start talking to. It takes a turn when she finds out he is a vampire who wants to drink her blood. The book is not very well written but it appeals to the masses. This book started a phenomenon of Twilight. Teens across the country know about Bella and Edward. There is something in the way Meyer wrote the characters that got the attention of readers. She made Vampires people you would see in school but not socialize with. They were not these mean creatures killing everyone, but undead who wanted to learn and better themselves.
The love story is a bit too much and the fact that Bella feels she cannot live without Edward does not send a good message to teenage girls about being independent. Bella's happiness is dependent on Edward and what he does. This is the opposite of what we should be teaching our growing girls.
About the Author:
Stephanie Meyer graduated as an English major from Brigham Young University and began her life as a wife and mother. She lives in Arizona with her husband and three children. One night, Meyer had a dream one night that stuck with her. She decided to sit down and start writing between potty training and extra curricular activities. It took her three months and she had finished Twilight, her first book.
Her sister encouraged Meyer to submit the book to publishers. In 2005, Little, Brown received the transcript and loved the book. Twilight was an immediate success and Meyer was an instant celebrity. The next three books were a huge hit as well making Twilight a phenomenon.
http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/bio.html
Curriculum Ties:
N/A
Book Talking:
Would you like to be friends with a vampire?
Challenging Issues:
If this book were to be challenged, I would go through the selection process with the challenger as well as explain the rationale for the book. There are many good qualities in this book that could be reason to have it in a collection.
Why Read this Book:
I read this book because I wanted to know what everyone was talking about. I did not find that I liked it, but it is so popular that teens who do not like to read are reading this book. This is why it is in this collection.
Would you like to be friends with a vampire?
Challenging Issues:
If this book were to be challenged, I would go through the selection process with the challenger as well as explain the rationale for the book. There are many good qualities in this book that could be reason to have it in a collection.
Why Read this Book:
I read this book because I wanted to know what everyone was talking about. I did not find that I liked it, but it is so popular that teens who do not like to read are reading this book. This is why it is in this collection.
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