April #6

Title: CIRQUE DU FREAK

Author: Darren Shan

Publisher: Little, Brown & Co.

Copyright: 2001

ISBN: 0-316-60510-7

Series or stand-alone: Series #1 (Saga of Darren Shan series)

Audience: Juvenile & YA

Setting: ?

1st Sentence:

I've always been facinated by spiders.

Comments:

I was a little slow to get around to this series but finally did. Darren and Steve visit an illegal freak show where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing decisions.

I'm going to like this series...a lot!