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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.

Ten-year-old Jamie Matthews has just moved to the Lake District with his dad and his teenage sister Jasmine for a "fresh new start." Five years ago, his sister's twin, Rose, was blown up by a terrorist bomb. His parents are wrecked by their grief, and Jasmine turns to piercing and pink hair and stops eating. The family falls apart. But Jamie hasn't cried in all that time. To him Rose is just a distant memory. When he sees a TV advertisement for a talent show, he feels certain that this will change everything and bring them all back together once and for all.

After surviving sixth grade, Rafe expects seventh grade to be a fun zone because he has been accepted to art school in the big city, but when he discovers it is more competitive than he expected, he sets out to turn his boring life into the inspiration for a work of art.

Raised in the island world of southeast Alaska, sixteen-year-old Robbie Daniels jumps at the chance to work as a deckhand on a salmon troller captained by legendary fisherman Tor Torsen. Catching king salmon from dawn till dusk, Robbie is living his dream--until he discovers his mysterious captain's dark secret.

More than twenty years have passed since Ship left the seed of mankind on an uninhabited planet. They started settlements and had children of their own, but as conflict arises once more, it threatens to engulf the children on either side.