Monday, September 7, 2009

Darren Shan: Cirque Du Freak


*****
This book is about a boy named Darren Shan who loves watching horror movies and reading horror books. He had an ordinary life as a human until one day, his life changed forever. On that day, he found this newspaper ad in a trash can. The ad was called Cirque Du Freak( or in English, it is Circus of Freaks) and since Darren loved horror, he wanted to go to the circus. So he and his friends, Steve, Alan and Tommy decided to make a plan to get there. The plan was that Steve goes to the ticket booth at midnight( because he's the best at sneaking out without his parents noticing) and buy four tickets. Unfortunately, he got 2 tickets because at midnight, he saw that the ticket seller got arrested by the police for illegal ticket selling. Now the question is that how did Steve get the 2 tickets? The answer is: When he was watching the ticket seller getting arrested, a short man randomly went to Steve and gave him 2 free tickets for no reason. I was wondering, who will get the 2 tickets and how will the four kids solve it out?
The next day, Steve told Darren, Alan and Tommy that he got 2 tickets instead of four. They discussed who will get the 2 tickets? Then, they came up with the results. They gave one ticket to Steve because he was the one who sneaked out and get the tickets but who will get the other ticket? Steve came up with a contest. He shredded a piece of paper in to small bits, he puts them into a jar, and then he gets the last ticket and puts it into the jar too. The goal to win is to get the ticket by picking from the jar one time in each turn. Tommy and Alan kept on ending up having paper bits on their hands but when it was Darren's turn, JACKPOT! He got the other ticket. Now that was part of the story the next part is when Steve and Darren go to the circus( you should read the book if you're interested in it and want to read more). To make a long story short, the freaks in the circus were amazing and horrible at the same time and Steve recognized one of those freaks, Mr Crepsley( he's some kind of like a spider trainer because he owns a spider named Madam Octa) because he is actually a vampire. Then Darren steals Madam Octa so he could pet her but Madam Octa poisons Steve. So Darren finds Madam Octa's real owner, Mr Crepsley so he could ask him what was the antidote to cure Steve. But Mr Crepsley made a deal that if he cures Steve then he would turn Darren into a half-vampire. This is a very good book because it is full of horror and suspense. I would recommend it to the people who loves horror and vampires

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