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The trials: seventeen ways to die unless the luck of the vampire is with you. Darren Shan must pass five of these fearsome trials to prove himself to the vampire clan--or face the stakes of the Hall of Death. But Vampire Mountain holds hidden threats, and death may be a blessing.

Darren Shan and Mr. Crepsley embark on a dangerous trek to the heart of the vampire world. But they face more than the cold on Vampire Mountain--the vampaneze have been there before them. Will a meeting with the Vampire Princes turn Darren further toward the darkness?

Four kids are stranded on a deserted island in the middle of the South Pacific with no supplies. They just lost their only shelter and possibly their one chance at being rescued. Now they must venture deeper into the jungles to stay alive--but the island holds secrets of a dark past.

While visiting the city, Darren, the vampire's assistant, and his friend Evra discover blood-drained corpses and are determined to catch the creature responsible. Meanwhile, evil stalks the two boys, and all clues point to Mr. Crepsley, the vampire. Can they escape, or are they doomed?

Darren Shan was just an ordinary schoolboy until his visit to the Cirque du Freak. Now, as he struggles with his new life as a vampire's assistant, he tries desperately to resist the one temptation that sickens him, the one thing that can keep him alive. But destiny is calling.

Darren Shan and his best friend, Steve, get tickets to the Cirque du Freak. But in the midst of the excitement, true terror raises its head when Steve recognizes that one of the performers is a vampire! What follows is the boys' horrifying descent into the bloody world of vampires.

Coke and Pepsi McDonald never asked to be geniuses. They never asked to get lowered into a basket of boiling french fries, frozen in ice cream, or kidnapped on a roller coaster either. But that's what happens when a villain named Archie Clone is chasing you across America.

Coke and Pepsi McDonald don't want to get locked in their burning school, thrown into a pit at the top of a sand dune, or drowned in a vat of liquefied Spam. But what else can you do when you're being chased across the country by your insane health teacher and two homicidal men in bowler hats?

Finding a rare zucchini-colored crayon leads twelve-year-old River Monroe and his friends on an adventure with their eccentric neighbor to save Earth from invading interstellar storm troopers.

Buzz, Vanessa, Carter, and Jane are no closer to being rescued than they were when they first found themselves stranded on a deserted island. If anything, they're worse off than ever, having lost their boat to a tropical storm--and with it, all their supplies.