"Cirque Du Freak" by Darren Shan

The novel starts off with an introduction that is very important because it makes the story ten times more interesting than it already is. In the introduction the author writes in first person about how fascinated he is with spiders and how he used to collect them even though it drove his mom crazy. He loved being scared a lot. The author also stresses a lot on the reality of the story and says that he hasn't used real names or locations in his story. He doesn't really give us the reason behind all the secrecy, but instead he says that we will understand when the story comes to an end.…