New Moon

New Moon picks up where Twilight left off: Edward and his family have moved away and Bella is heart broken and depressed. She becomes friends with Jake from the nearby Indian reservation, and as they work on a project of restoring an old motorcycle, their friendship deepens. As she becomes more wrapped up in her friendship with Jake, Bella finally begins to snap out of her depression. Although her heart is still breaking for Edward, she is able to focus on something else. Bella and Jake become close; Jake wants to be more than friends, while Bella is content with friendship only.

But it turns out later that Jake is hiding a dark secret, and Bella feels rejected from him as well as Edward. As the story moves on, Edward and his family come back into the picture, with a climactic journey to Italy to face off with the evil Volturi vampire royal family.

As I said about Twilight (see below), this is a good book that encourages teenagers to read.