George King dreamed of glory on the rugby field. He wanted to be captain. To play for the county - England even! And nothing was going to stand in his way!
Dark Reads are very short novels of just 600 words, written specifically to appeal to struggling teenage readers. 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 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 while Dark Reads II presents a modern and relatable 'way in' to the plays of Shakespeare.
This hi-lo series for struggling and reluctant readers has been written for children aged between 12 and 15 years, whose current reading age is 6-7. These age-appropriate short reads have 32 pages and are written by talented authors. They use a large font size, and the language and sentence structure are intentionally written so that students who are reading behind their chronological age can succeed in reading them. The series has plenty of practice at one level, allowing consolidation of learning before moving on to more challenging reads.
This is Book 2 in the Dark Reads Series. See all Dark Reads books here.
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Ann Evans has penned many titles for Badger Learning over the years, including A Little Secret from their Papercuts I series, which has been shortlisted for and won awards in 2019. She has written The Prize from Big Top of Horrors, Promise Me and Message Alert from Between The Lines and Runaway from Badger Learning's popular series, YA Reads II.
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David Orme has written over 300 books, including children's fiction and non-fiction, graphic novels, poetry, and books for teachers. Many of his recent titles have been aimed at reluctant and struggling readers, with a low level text but with content suitable for older children. This had led to some surprising, if not unlikely titles, such as How to Be a Pop
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