The first title in a new, macabre trilogy for readers aged 10 - 12, in which a visit to a freak show results in some terrifying events. An atmospheric children's story, which is also funny, realistic and moving. ...fast paced and compelling book which engages the reader's attention early and keeps it up to the very end J.K. Rowling The chilling Saga of Darren Shan, the ordinary schoolboy plunged into the vampire world.