Tony Lee 
Otis 

Gang leader Otis is dating super-smart Desire. Her love is the only thing keeping him in school. But Iggy, Otis’s gang rival, wants him gone. And he knows just what to do. As Iggy weaves a web of lies and betrayal, it’s soon clear that this story can only end in heartbreak. 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.