Advantages: anyone of any age can enjoy, gripping storyline Disadvantages: really difficult to put the book down
==General introduction to the book==
The vampire's assistant. Part two of the amazing 'Saga of Darren Shan', and the sequel to the excellent 'Cirque du Freak', as the front cover tells us - "Cirque du freak - the nightmare continues..." As we know, this 'nightmare' is what Darren's life is turning into, as at the end of the first book we see Darren having to become a half-vampire as Mr Crepsley's assistant in order to save his best friend Steve ... ...a normal human life with the vampiric blood running through his veins.
==The official introduction at the beginning of the book==
My name's Darren Shan. I'm a half vampire.
I wasn't born that way. I used to be ordinary. I lived at home with my parents and younger sister, Annie. I enjoyed school and had lots of friends. I liked reading horror stories and watching scary movies. When a freak show came to town, my best mate, Steve Leopard, got tickets ...
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Darren Shan books are good for people around 12-14. Vampires assistant is the second book about a boy who will never see his family again and has become a half vampire. Him and Mr Crepsley have joined the cirque du freak (a sort of "freak show") from the first book and Darren makes friends with the Snake Boy and a boy called Sam.
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Advantages: 12 book series Disadvantages: Childrens books
The second in the 12 book series (also available in 4 trilogy books) it follows the story of a boy called Darren Shan, in this he is a freshly blooded Half-Vampire and is still becoming accustomed to their ways and still coming round to the fact that he'll never see his family again. He serves as an assistant to the vampire Mr Crepsley and is helping out at the Cirque Du Freak from the first book. The series is aimed at children aged upto about 14 ...
martinspurr 02.08.2007
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