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Breaking Dawn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

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Part 1: “Book One: Bella”

Part 1, Chapter 1 Summary: “Engaged”

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of sexual content.

Bella drives into town to get gas, annoyed at the size and price of the new car Edward insisted on buying for her. Edward is trying to protect her until their wedding, which is just a few days away. However, it doesn’t stop her from feeling anxious about the attention it brings her.

As she drives home, she notes the flyers hanging on the signposts— posters asking for information about Jacob, who has gone missing. Her father, Charlie, posted them, but Bella knows the truth about where he is: he fled in his wolf form after he heard about her engagement to Edward.

When Bella gets home, she calls her friend, Seth Clearwater, a shape-shifting wolf in Jacob’s pack with the ability to hear his thoughts. Seth tells her that Jacob is somewhere in northern Canada, but he’s doing his best to hide his thoughts from the pack. Bella thanks him, thinking how glad she is that Seth has developed a friendship with the Cullens—proving that vampires and wolves do not have to be enemies.

When Bella gets home, she finds her dad with Edward’s sister, Alice, trying on his tuxedo for the wedding.

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