Tim Collins 
West Side Zombie 

Romeo and Juliet believe nothing can part them. But Romeo is bitten by a zombie and knows he’ll soon turn into one. Can their love survive in a world that believes humans and zombies should never be together? Dark Reads are very short novels of just 600 words, written specifically to appeal to struggling teenage readers with a very low reading age of 6-7. Each story has the perfect combination of accessible language and interesting, age-appropriate content.Every title has the look and feel of a real book with a contents page, information about the author and illustrator, story facts and dynamic two-tone illustrations. Dark Reads I draws on supernatural classics and famous monsters, and Dark Reads II presents a modern and relatable ‘way in’ to the plays of Shakespeare.These bite-sized books are perfect for encouraging those normally daunted by the prospect of reading.