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= 25 Summaries = = 1.Darren Shan: A Living Nightmare﻿ =

This story is about a boy named Darren and his encounter with a vampire. His friend, Steve, and him go to the freak show that's in town.When Mr. Crepsly, the vampire, does his act with his spider. After the show Steve tries to get Mr. Crepsly to turn him into a vampire. Steve doesn't know that Darren is spying on him. When Mr. Crepsly refuses Steve gets mad and leaves.Darren then goes home. The day after Darren steals Mr. Crepsly's spider,but he finds out. Before they met the spider bit Steve, so he was in the hospital. Mr. Crepsly then ask Darren to be his half vampire assistint in return of the antadote for Steve. He agrees and Mr. Crepsly turns him into a half vampire.They get Seve the antidote and Darren runs away. He couldn't run forever so he whent back to Mr. Crepsly and walks of with him as a half vampire and Mr, Crepsly's assistant.

=2.﻿Darren Shan: Vampires Assistant=

Darren is now Mr. Crepsly's assinstant. They both join the freak show that Darren watched. He meets a new friend, Evra., a snake boy. But

Darren has some problems of his own. He has to learn how to use his new strengths and abilites to his advantage. He also has to learn to \

do the one thing that he does not want to do, drink blood from a human. So he drinks animal blood. but he will be weak if he doesn't learn

start. So Darren has to learn to let go of his humanity an act like a vampire. = ﻿3.Darren Shan: Tunnels of Blood = Darren is still in th freak show with Mr. Crepsly. But soon Mr. Crepsly said the would have to leave soon to go to his home town. He said that he could bring Evra with him. When they get there Darren gets a human girlfriend. But he is worried about Mr. Crepsly. He finds out he is trying to catch a vampaneze, there arch enimies. He captures him and questions him. When he is let go he comes up with a plan to kill him. He gets them in his girlfriends house and gets Mr. Crepsly to kill him.Then they had to leave with Evra, Daren had to leave his girlfriend.

= 4.Darren Shan: Trails of Death = Darren is now at Vampire Mountain with Mr. Crepsly. The leaders of the vampires, The Princes, say Darren has to complete 5 test, they are called The Trails of Death. They draw 5 randaom numbers from a bag and the numbers that match the tests ar the tests he must do.He must pass each one of the test to be a true vampire or die trying. Darren didn't pass them all because Harkat interfered so he dicides to run away. This story is about a girl that lived during the cultural revolution.She her family had a bad background acording to chairman Mao. The Red Gaurds searched her house and locked up he dad.The people at her school treat her unfairly becaus of her family background.
 * 5.The Red Scarf Girl: **

**6.Vampire Prince﻿ ** Darren finds out his frind Kundra is working for the vampaneze. Kundra is supposed to be a prin soon.So Darren chose to rat him out and tell his secret. The vampaneze are in the mountain.so the go down and advance on them. Many vampires are killed. Darren then becomes a Prince so he doesn't have to pay for not doing his trails.

Darren is in Mr. Crepsly's old town. They are looking for the vampaneze lord.Darren looks like he is young so he is forced to go to school. His english teacher is Debbie Hemlock, his ex girlfriend all grown up.But Darren is attacked by a hooked creature, but is saved by his old childhood friend Steve. When it begind killing, Darren, Steve, Mr. Crepsly, Harkat, and Debbie all track down the killer in the underground passage way.
 * 7.Allies of the Night **

The war tha Mr. Tiny siad would start has begun. He tells Darren and his follwers that they will have 5 chances to kill the Vampaneze Lord, and if they don't 2 of them will die. Mr Tiny tells them to follow thier hearts, so the go to the Cirque Du Freak. They get help from Lady Evanna along the way. They must find the Lord and kill him, the clock is ticking. Darren Shan and Mr. Crepsley embark on a dangerous trek to the very heart of the vampire world. But they face more than the cold on Vampire Mountain.The vampaneze have been there before them. They fight there way to the mountain. They fight a vampaneze blooded bear with the help of wolves. Will going to the mountian make Darren more of a vampire or bring out his human side?
 * 8.Hunters of the Dusk **
 * 9.Vampire Mountian **

Darren Shan and his fellow vampires continue their war against the evil race of vampires known as the vampaneze and their human allies, the vampets. For much of the story, Darren and his friends are being pursued by the police and their vampeneze enemies. This includes an escape from police and a pursuit through the city. The pursuit leads to a underground confrontation between Darren and the vampires and an army of vampaneze and vampets, including their leader, the Lord of the Vampaneze. Darren and his friends believe that they will win the war if they can kill the Lord of the Vampaneze. Also at stake in the fight is the freedom of Debbie, Darren's girlfriend, who is being held captive by the vampaneze. **11.Sons of Destiny ** Darren has finally come to his archenemy, Steve, his childhood friend. He must fight Steve to the death and whoever wins becomes Lord of the Shadows, and destroy the world. But how could Darren kill his best friend, but if he doesn't he dies. Can Darren defeat Steve, or will he face defeat? **12.Lord Loss ** Grubbs is a kid that likes to play tricks on his older sister. When he pulls another trick on her he finds out that his parents have died by demons. He sees it happen but he doesn't understand. He is forced to live with his uncle. He faces werewolves and demons to try and find how and why his parents have died. **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; vertical-align: auto;">13.Salwater ** Grubbs Grady and his half-brother Bill-E are thrilled to join their uncle Dervish as onset consultants for the newest movie by cult horror producer David A Hayms. Shot in a deserted town renamed Slawter, the demon-themed movie is to be Hayms's masterpiece. But as strange incidents disrupt the set, Grubbs begins to wonder whether more than filming is afoot.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">10.Killers of the Dawn **

Ponyboy Curtis is apart of a gang called the Greasers. Their enemies are the Socs. Pony runs away from home with Johnny because his older brother Darry hit him. They run into some drunk Socs. Johnny kills one of them and the are forced to run with the help of another gang member Dally. Then the Socs and the Greasers have a huge fight. The greasers win. When Dally finds out Johnny has died he gets angry and goes wild. The cops shoot him and he dies. Pony boy is ripped apart by this so he writes a book about it.
 * 14.The Outsiders **

As a kid Michael love the sports of baseball and basketball. He never made the basketball team until he got in high school. He was so good that he went straight from high school straight to the NBA. He had an amazing jumpshot and was one of the bes dunkers of his time. He played for the Chicago Bulls. He also played for the minor leauge White Socks, but his true sport was basketball. He won 6 Championships and he won some dunk contest. He also has his own shoe. He is now know as the greatest basketball player ever.
 * 15.Michael Jordan **

Dave is a loud mouth in school and so are all the other kids. They are so loud the principle needs a megaphone every day to keep control. When Dave insults Lynsey it sparks a competition of who can say the fewest words and two days between the boys and the girls. The word gets around and everyone is in on the deal. The teachers, for some reason, don't like the silence and tries to get the students to talk, but it doesn't work. At the end there was no real winner. Dave and Lynsey both agree to call a truce and the both stare at each other with smiles, not a single word. Kobe Bryant is on of the youngest players in the NBA, but very good and experienced. From the time he could pick up the ball he learned how to shoot and dribble. He learned all the fundementals, practiced one-on-one games with his dad, and anylize curren NBA stars. When he was 18 he was drafted into the NBA fresh out of high school. His dazaling skill prove that he had what it takes to make it in the NBA. He played for the LA Lakers. He has won 5 championships and a dunk contest. He is one of the best players that has ever played the game of basketball.
 * 16.No Talking **
 * 17.Kobe Bryant **

LeBron James was a sensation in his early days playing AAU ball in Akron, Ohio-and continued to amaze through his four years as a high school phenomenon. Now going into his fifth year as a star of the Cleveland Cavaliers, he is touted as the best player in basketball today. And for good reason: his dunks are monstrous, his no-look passes are things of beauty, his three-pointers seem effortless. But even more importantly, he is that one-of-a-kind superstar whose main goal isn't to rack up the stats-it's to make his team better.Time has passed and now he is on the Miami Heat. He has yet to win a Championship.
 * 18.Lebron James **

Larry Bird is one of the greates Celtics in NBA history. He was the greatest all around player of his time. He won 3 World Championships and 3 MVP awards.Dispite his success he never really talked to the press, so the world didn't know much about him. He went from Bobby Knight's Indiana University to Indiana State. He went threw the heartbreak of his father's suicide and his own failed wedding. He went from being a small town hero into a national superstar. He is one of the greats of all time in the sport of basketball.
 * 19.Larry Bird **

Martin was the leader of the Bus Boycot with Rosa Parks. He was also a Civil Rights leader. His famous " I Have a Dream " speach opened the minds of many people. He practiced non-violent protest like boycots and and protest. His fighting eventually paid off, but he was shot and killed before he got to see it. He would have been proud to see the a presiden with a white mom and a black dad become the President of the USA.
 * 20.Martin Luther King Jr. **

Nick is a kid that likes to live it up in school. One day he gets an idea to make a new word for pen, frindle. When he starts to use it he stats to get his friends to say it. Soon it gets spread around the whole school and town, and Nick becomes somthing like an artist. His teacher wants him to stop using the word because he thinks its nonsence. But the word isn't just Nick's anymore, it has spread across the entire country, and Nick can't to anything to stop it. So looks like theres a new word that should be added to the dictonary, frindle.
 * 21.Frindle **

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