The Saga of Darren Shan
There’s nothing better than an exciting book to help kill time and keep the brain running! I recently discovered the book series The Saga of Darren Shan, by Darren Shan. It’s a 12-part book series that deals with a young teen named Darren Shan as he comes to terms with becoming a vampire. The series starts with the first book, Cirque du Freak. In the story, Darren starts off as a normal human being. One day, an illegal freak circus show comes to his town. Darren and his friends sneak in to watch. He becomes obsessed with wanting to own one of the arachnids in the show and decides to steal it. This plan goes horribly wrong when the spider comes close to murdering one of his close friends. Now to save his best friend, Darren has to make a deal with a vampire and lose everything he once loved.
This is such a great story for all young adults, teens, and even kids. It’s an easy read, but definitely not boring. The story is a big mosh pit of thriller, fantasy, adventure, and even a little horror. It’ll keep you on edge to see what happens next as the protagonist navigates through a completely new world. The series is even long enough to keep your kids entertained all summer! I highly recommend this series if you’ve got some young ones out of school for the summer. Thank you for reading!
My interest in reading sparked sometime in elementary school. Teachers at the time assigned books as projects or were read as a class time activity. I got addicted right away, and began reading ahead of the assigned pages.
Each month I will be making a book recommendation and a brief summary and review of its contents, in hopes of reintroducing a passion for reading to the community.
By Book Boot Camp with Flola Tam, Resident since 2004