Tim Collins 
Storm Bringer 

Ariel has a power he’s never told anyone about. He can create storms. When Sebastian pushes him too far on a school trip, he can’t stop himself. He unleashes his power, and nobody is safe. 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.