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BOOK
DESCRIPTION: Twilight is the debut, young-adult vampire-romance
novel by author Stephenie Meyer. Twilight was initially rejected by 14
agents, but became an instant bestseller when published originally in hardback in 2005, debuting at #5 on the New York Times Best Seller list within a month of its
release and later peaking at #1. That same year, Twilight was named one of Publishers Weekly's Best Children's Books of
2005. The novel was also the biggest selling book of
2008 and, to date, has sold 17 million copies around the globe, spent over 91 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller
list, and been translated into 37 different languages.
It is the first book of the Twilight series, and introduces seventeen-year-old Isabella "Bella" Swan, who moves from Phoenix, Arizona to Forks, Washington and finds her life in danger when she falls in love with a vampire, Edward Cullen. The novel is followed by New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn. A film adaptation of Twilight was released in 2008. It was a commercial success, grossing more than $382 million
worldwide and an additional $157 million from North American DVD sales, as of July 2009.
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