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Specially for Ellen xD

This summary is basically the plot for the book .. I'm not sure if its 100% similar to the movie >.<
This is just a short summary of the first book . There are 12 books altogether . Once you start reading the first book , you will want to finish the whole series !

Darren Shan has been fascinated by spiders from an early age. His best friend, Steve Leonard, has grown up reading horror comics and stories of the Wolfman and vampires.

The tale begins when young Darren Shan and his friend Steve sneak out late one night to visit a mysterious traveling circus, the Cirque du Freak. What they see astounds Darren, especially a man, Larten Crepsley, who performs with a large spider called Madam Octa. Even more astonishing is the fact that Steve recognizes the performer to be an old vampire he had read about. He tries to hide this from Darren, but Darren spies on Steve as he confronts the old vampire and begs him to help him become a vampire himself. Mr. Crepsley declines because he tasted Steve's blood and said there was 'evil' in him . Darren runs home in fright at what he has witnessed. However, in the next few days, he becomes obsessed with owning Madam Octa, and returns to the circus to steal her. This sets into motion a chain of events that changes the course of Darren’s life forever, with the only possible solution being that Darren become Mr. Crepsley’s apprentice – and a half-vampire.

In the last book , there was a twist at the ending . When all hope seem to be lost .. Suddenly , everything turns out well . Although , quite saddening .

Lian Sing

Specially for Ellen xD

This summary is basically the plot for the book .. I'm not sure if its 100% similar to the movie >.<
This is just a short summary of the first book . There are 12 books altogether . Once you start reading the first book , you will want to finish the whole series !

Darren Shan has been fascinated by spiders from an early age. His best friend, Steve Leonard, has grown up reading horror comics and stories of the Wolfman and vampires.

The tale begins when young Darren Shan and his friend Steve sneak out late one night to visit a mysterious traveling circus, the Cirque du Freak. What they see astounds Darren, especially a man, Larten Crepsley, who performs with a large spider called Madam Octa. Even more astonishing is the fact that Steve recognizes the performer to be an old vampire he had read about. He tries to hide this from Darren, but Darren spies on Steve as he confronts the old vampire and begs him to help him become a vampire himself. Mr. Crepsley declines because he tasted Steve's blood and said there was 'evil' in him . Darren runs home in fright at what he has witnessed. However, in the next few days, he becomes obsessed with owning Madam Octa, and returns to the circus to steal her. This sets into motion a chain of events that changes the course of Darren’s life forever, with the only possible solution being that Darren become Mr. Crepsley’s apprentice – and a half-vampire.

In the last book , there was a twist at the ending . When all hope seem to be lost .. Suddenly , everything turns out well . Although , quite saddening .

Lian Sing