Cirque du Freak is about a kid named Darren Shan and it is written in the first person. I did not get the author’s name wrong. He meant it to be that way. This kid gets a flyer inviting him to go to an illegal circus, and he ends up going with his best friend, Steve Leonard. At the circus they see amazing acts and find out the circus isn’t really breaking the law, just the fact the circus exists is illegal. But what happens after the circus will change Darren’s life forever. He sees his friend trying to become a vampire. He ends up stealing the spider from one of the acts and then his friend gets bitten! In payment for the antidote now HE has to become a vampire! But how will he survive? How will he drink blood? Will the antidote work? What would become of his family? Find out in Cirque du Freak book 1 (there are 12 books).