Cassandra's+Book+Report

Cassandra's Book Report Date: 12/23/08   B ooks: Twilight and New Moon(maybe Eclipse)  Author: Stephenie Meyer     B ook Report Idea #22:   Read two books then compare and contrast them. Twilight Summary:      Isabella Marie Swan(she prefers Bella) moves from Phoneix, Arizona to Forks, Washington to live with her father, Charlie Swan(also known as Chief Swan). Bella attends Forks High school where she meets Edward Cullen. As she gets used to Forks, Bella and Edward become friends and secretly love each other. Bella is curious and wants to know what's wrong with Edward. One day, she talks to her childhood friend, Jacob Black who says that the Cullen's(Edward, Alice, Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper, Carlisle, and Esme) are the cold ones(vampires). Edward soon addmits it and tells Bella that he loves her. Bella meets his family. She was expecting a coffins and non-modern vampires but she found out that they are a very nice(except Emmett and Rosalie), vegetarian, modern vampire family(no coffins). All of them play baseball with thunder. Alice(who can see the future) sees that more vampires are coming their way. Edward reads James(one of the Nomadic vampires) mind and wants to kill Bella. Alice and Jasper watch and take care of Bella while Edward hunts James. Then Bella goes to her old ballerina studio and finds James there. He attacks Bella but Edward comes to save her. He kills James with Alice, Jasper, and Emmett. Soon after Bella has been cured from her accident, Edward takes her to their school prom. There, they dance and finally kiss.

    New Moon Summary: In the beginning, it's Bella's birthday and Alice and Edward want to celebrate. On the other hand, Bella doesn't want to have a big 18th birthday party. But Alice begged her to go to her house to celebrate. As Bella was opening her presents, Jasper was about to attack her because she got a paper cut. After her party, Edward and the rest of the Cullens had to leave Forks. She was very sad but had Jacob to comfort her. They spent all their time together, like they did when they were little. Then, she found out that he was a werewolf. Jacob had to stay away from her to make her safe. But Bella still wanted to be with Jacob. One day, Bella went skydiving for fun. Alice came back rushing to see if Bella was ok. Alice stayed at Bella's house to watch her. Then Jacob came to see Bella at her house while Alice was still there. The phone rang and Jacob answered. He said it was someone looking for Bella's father. He also said that he went to a funeral. But it was actually Edward and he thought that Charlie was going to Bella's funeral because Rosalie told him that she committed suicide. Alice saw that Edward was on his way to Italy so the Volturi can kill him. Both Bella and Alice go to Italy to stop Edward. They made it just in time. He saw that she was still alive. But before they leave happily, they have to tell the Volturi Coven that he didn't want to be killed. But they wanted Edward, Bella, and Alice to be a part of their coven. They say that they don't want to be part of it and leave Italy. They return back to Forks where Bella can be safe. But she won't be safe for a long time because Victoria is returning. She will kill Bella because Edward killed James.(No happily ever after, yet)