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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.

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.

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.

Darren Shan and his best friend, Steve, get tickets to the Cirque du Freak.

Darren Shan was just an ordinary schoolboy until his visit to the Cirque du Freak.

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.

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.

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.

The trials: seventeen ways to die unless the luck of the vampire is with you.

Branded a traitor, betrayed by a friend, hunted by the vampire clan--Darren Shan faces certain death. Can he reverse the odds and outwit a vampire prince?

Darren Shan, the Vampire Prince, leaves Vampire Mountain on a life or death mission. As part of an elite force, he searches the world for the Vampaneze Lord.

Twins Coke and Pepsi resume their trip across America and land in Texas.

Darren Shan, Vampire Prince and "vampaneze" killer, faces his worst nightmare yet--school. But homework is the least of Darren's problems.

Outnumbered, outsmarted, and desperate, the hunters are on the run, pursued by the vampaneze, the police, and an angry mob.

Darren and Harkat face monstrous obstacles on their desperate quest to the Lake of Souls. Will they survive the savage journey full of killer animals, monstrous mutants, and fiery winged beasts?