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The Saga of Darren Shan/Cirque Du Freak

I totally adore this book. Well, it's a novel, actually, but they have the manga as well. How cool is that?

The idea of this novel is very interesting. It's about a normal kid named Darren Shan with a normal life that found out about a Circus of Freaks in town. From the point when he went to the circus, his life changed forever, no turning back for him.

He met a bunch of weirdos who can do freaky stuffs (duh, it's a freak show, after all). In the middle of those performers, his friend, Steve Leonard (Leopard) spotted a vampire named Larten Crepsley. Later, we learn that his friend has begged to be turned into a vampire however, Mr Crepsley turned him down because he claimed that Steve has savage blood.

For one and other reasons, Darren ended up looking for help from the vampire. Crepsley promised to help him if Darren agreed to be turned into a half-vampire himself. After a while, he decided that they have a deal. Steve found out about this and he was unhappy. He swore that he will hunt Darren and Crepsley until the end of the Earth and kill them.

 Here is the link to the manga, if you want to read it (strongly suggested!) - http://www.mangafox.com/manga/darren_shan/