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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Trading on the vampire genre

They're everywhere. Vampires. In movies such as "Twilight" and TV series such as "True Blood." And in young adult books. "Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant" is culled from Darren Shan's four -- count 'em, four -- trilogies about a 16-year-old boy (Darren) who becomes the involuntary assistant...

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