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September 06, 2008
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| New Moon by Stephenie Meyer | Reviewed by Harriet Klausner |  | Publisher: Little, Brown
http://www.LittleBrown.com
ISBN:0316160199
Genre: Children/Y-A
Subgenre: Teen
Release date: Sept 2007
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 608
Price: $19.99
| In Forks, Washington, after having recovered from a vampire assault (see Twilight), Isabella “Bella” Swan celebrates her eighteenth birthday with her boyfriend and rescuer, Edward Cullen, and his family of vampires that are “vegans”, never drinking human blood. However when Bella cuts her arm, Edward and his kin struggle to control their desire; as the trickling red liquid is like catnip to them. They do not harm her; but he realizes they can never be together and ends their relationship, breaking her heart.
Bella is depressed until she meets Ford High School sophomore Jacob, a sophomore from her school who belongs to a motorcycle pack. She begins to come out of her funk, though she misses Edward. However, she soon learns what the pack truly is and what Jacob will become--a natural enemy of Edward, not just because they like the same girl.
The second Bella tale is a terrific paranormal young adult thriller; as the heroine is sort of like Marshall Teller of Eerie, Indiana, landing in one bizarre situation after another. This time the vampires show up towards the end of the tale, as Bella learns there is a lot more species under the sun (make that the moon) than humans. Although Jacob behaves towards Bella identically the same as did Edward in Twilight, even considering the first person filtering of the heroine in peril, fans will enjoy watching what happens on the New Moon on the Olympic Peninsular. | | |
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