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Cirque Du Freak (The Saga of Darren Shan Book 1) Book

Darren Shan seems like your average boy--he likes playing football with his mates, passing notes in class and loves spiders. Then, one day, his best mate Steve gets tickets for a banned freak show and Darren starts experiencing things that no average boy would dream of. At the Freak show he sees a limb-chewing wolf man, a woman who can grow a beard in front of your very eyes, a snake boy and a goat-eating tarantula called Madame Octa. But what about the mysterious people in blue-hooded robes whose faces you never see? And is Mr Crepsley really a vampire?Don't be deceived by the facetious tone of the narrator, this book will have you screaming out in revulsion and horror. Wrap yourself up in your duvets and get prepared to be scared. This is outrageously gruesome: Anyway, that's enough of an introduction. If you're ready, let's begin. If this was a made-up story, it would begin at night, with a storm blowing and owls hooting and rattling noises under the bed. But this is a real story, so I have to begin where it really started ... It started in the toilet. Cirque du Freak is Darren Shan's first novel and the first in a series highlighting Darren's adventures and misadventures. You'll be baying for blood if you miss out.And, remember, it's all true. (Age 10 and over) --Nicola PerryRead More

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  • Dylan Brown07 October 2010

    Spiders, monsters, vampires and freaks - what's not to love about this book? Darren Shan and his best mate Steve Leopard sneak into a freak show and Steve recognises one of the freaks - Mr Crepsley - from a picture in one of the vampire history books that he loves to read. While Steve is interested in becoming a vampire, Darren is more interested in stealing Madame Octa - the mega spider that belongs to Mr Crepsley. Freaky and with a good amount of gore this is a great book, don't bother with the film though - its freakishly awful.

  • Amazon

    The chilling Saga of Darren Shan, the ordinary schoolboy plunged into the vampire world.

  • Play

    'fast paced and compelling full of satisfying macabre touches -- Cirque du Freak explores the powerful fascination of the dangerous and unnatural and also movingly the obligations of friendship' J. K. Rowling THE SAGA OF DARREN SHAN BOOK 1 Darren goes to a banned freak show with his best mate Steve. It's the wonderfully gothic Cirque du Freak where weird frightening half human/half animals appear who interact terrifyingly with the audience. Darren -- a spider freak -- 'falls in love' with Madam Octa -- an enormous tarantala owned by the circus proprietor. Darren determines to steal the spider so that he can train it to perform amazing deeds. But his daring theft goes horrible wrong. The spider bites his best mate and Darren has to sell his soul to an evil vampire to get the antidote. Something out of the ordinary is set against the background of children's normal lives to chilling effect. Atmospheric funny realistic moving and...terrifying. ; ;

  • TheBookPeople

    Cirque Du Freak is the first of the Saga of Darren Shan books and introduces ordinary schoolboy Darren, who visits a freakshow with his friend Steve and becomes obsessed with a giant tarantula. Darren's fascination is complicated by his friend Steve's behaviour and the pair are subsequently drawn into a ghoulish adventure from which there seems to be no escape. Cirque Du Freak is a dark and thrilling tale that will appeal to both boy and girl readers of nine and above.This children's book has been hand-picked for you by Red House.

  • BookDepository

    Cirque Du Freak : Paperback : HarperCollins Publishers : 9780006754169 : : 04 Jan 2000 : The chilling Saga of Darren Shan, the ordinary schoolboy plunged into the vampire world.

  • RedHouse

    With Cirque Du Freak, Darren Shan has opened up a chilling and terrifying world that horror fans will struggle to forget when they finish the book.

  • 0006754163
  • 9780006754169
  • Darren Shan
  • 4 January 2009
  • HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 192
  • (Reissue)
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