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Cirque du freak is the only book my son has ever voluntarily read from start to finish and he loved it so much, he asked for the 2nd book straight afterwards, the vampires assistant. Cirque du freak was first published in great britain by harpercollins in 2000, and was later published in the vampire blood series in 2003 and 2004. The complete series list for cirque du freak darren shan. In the tradition of ray bradburys something wicked this way comes, and stephen kings salems lot, new york times bestseller cirque du freak. Darren shans an ordinary schoolboy, until he and his best friend steve get tickets to the cirque du freak. It is a book about a boy and his best friend steve and darren. The first twilight book came out in 2005, first book from the cirque du freak series came out in 2002. The saga of darren shan in the united states is a young adult 12part book series written by darren shan pen name of darren. Darren goes to a banned freak show with his best mate steve. It is part of the vampire blood trilogy, which comprises the first three of the 12 book saga.
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