Thursday, October 6, 2011
Cirque Du Freak
Cirque Du Freak is about a traveling Freak show. It first starts out with two friends, Darren and Steve, who find a poster that says "Cirque Du Freak", and then lists all these crazy people like Snake boy, Wolf Man, the Bearded Lady and many with other strange deformities. They get tickets to go to it. When they are there they see many things. One act stands out to Steve. After the show Steve tells Darren to go home alone. Steve stays and of course Darren follows him. He sees Steve confront the actor. Steve accuses the actor of being a vampire. Mr. Crepsley (the actor) confesses. Steve asks to be a vampire. Mr. Crepsley says no but Steve keeps pushing and pushing him. Mr. Crepsley stills says no. Steve is so stunned and depressed. Steve leaves and Mr. Crepsley also leaves. Many things happen over the next days. Steve gets bitten by a poisonous spider that was stolen from Mr. Crepsley by Darren. Steve almost dies so Darren finds Mr. Crepsley to see if he has the antidote. He does but he'll only give it to Darren if he becomes his assistant which means he has to become a vampire. He'll never see his family or friends ever again. Darren's adventures have just started.
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sounds awessome. nice job
ReplyDeleteI first discovered these books the first year that I was teaching seventh grade - and there are a bunch of them now, I think. I love a good vampire - this is like the crazy carnival in Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes gone super crazy.
ReplyDeleteIs this the only one of the Cirque books that you have read or have you taken the dive into the full book pool? I can also recommend some wonderful vampires from the extra creepy to the merely misunderstood -
I know you are a Dr. Who fan, but did you ever watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer on Netflix? Two of my favorite vampires - Angel and Spike - are creations of Joss Whedon.
Happy reading.