the best book ever a living nightmare

the dark life of Darren Shan

second quarter outside reading book activity

a living nightmare

written by darren shean

published in 2000

genre: fiction

My book is about a young boy and his friend who go to a freak show in an abandoned theatre. They meet a strange man that they find out isn't human. He’s a vampire and darren wants his sider. Darren has an obsession with spiders and he has always wanted another one. he leaves a note saying not to look for him and that the spider is now his. Later on Mr. Crepsley finds him and Darren pays the price of theft from a vampire.

“compelling… A plot full of twists which leave the reader hungry for more.”  -j.k rowling

the writing style is dark and mysterious. The book has many turns and surprises but also can be very predictable. Many things are left out until later making it almost impossible to process (in a good way) and makes the reader very curious.

“it must be from all the horror movies i watched as a kid” (said by darren pg 407) This quote shows the writing of style of the author is dark.

I read this book because as a kid my mom tried to get me to read it and i wasn’t willing to until i was older but when i did i fell in love with it.

double space champion

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the double space champion

Ender wiggin, Ender’s game

alfred brooks, The contender

Alfred Brooks, the boxing champion. no one knew where he went to. but Alfred was taken by Ender Wiggin. Alfred was going to be used as a hand to hand combat trainer for the future space fleets but alfred brooks was scared. Ender Wiggin got a fight with him on the middle of the spacecraft. Ender was distracted from the controls and the plane crashed but luckily the spacecraft had air bags and they both survived. the plane is destroyed beyond repair and they’re stuck on the island until they get help.

“this is all your fault” Ender said as he sprinted at Alred, but before he could even blink his eyes he got a punch in the forehead. The blow forced Ender up in the air and then in the sand.he got up almost as soon as he could feel the sand as he growled and ran at Alfred for a second time. this time Ender shifted his weight to the opposite side of the striking hand and tripped Alfred into the sand with him. he got on top of Alfred and rapidly punched him, aiming for his head, but Alfred blocked every punch using his arms as he wrapped them around his head and rolled over knocking Ender off him. Ender quickly got up but before he could run Alfred kicked him in the groin. Ender fell over in pain and Alfred quickly jumped up and ran to the ship. he closed the doors and locked himself in it. Ender sat watching  in pain. Suddenly Ender decided to talk to him and they came to an agreement of trust. For years nobody came at all from anywhere. They survived off coconuts and occasional cooked animals. They also became good friends over a long period for twenty years and they taught each other how to do everything they knew. They were an incredible team and had everything they needed. They were happy until the day came shark D:. One day Alfred was swimming and he was having sooo much fun until the shark bit his arms off!!!! “HELP!” screamed Alfred as Ender ran to the sound of his screaming but before he could get there, Ender was nowhere to be found but he could kind of get the hint of all the blood in the water so Ender started to cry. He was all alone but then he remembered he knew everything Alfred knew so he thought he was all set and had life easy now… until the shark came back. the shark ate Ender ten years later and their bodies were never found but everyone thought they were just missing. But they weren't. They died.