Readers aged 11-12 enjoy harder decisions, grey areas and mysteries built on real knowledge. In Kitapz stories for this age, choices have costs: getting to the right answer can mean collecting evidence, checking a fact or persuading an adult.
The stories take 10-15 minutes, fit in one sitting and can be read again for the other endings.
Ages 11-12 8 min Educational Free
It's spring fair week in Kayseri, and twins Eddie and Ella have to fit forty dumplings onto a single soup spoon! Eddie's dumplings are as big as walnuts, Ella won't let anyone else lift a finger, and their dad's "secret recipe" turns into a dough that grows…
Ages 11-12 8 min Nature Free
June in the Munzur Valley. Zoe has come to spend the summer at her aunt's trout farm beside the stream, and she soon learns that fish go missing from the ponds every single night. Everyone blames the fox, and a neighbor is just waiting for Friday evening to…
Ages 11-12 8 min Nature Free
Lake Salda's snow-white shore and the puffy mounds in the water remind Aiden of Mars. His dad, meanwhile, wants to take a bottle of white sand home to Mom as a souvenir. What are these mysterious mounds, why can't they ever heal once they break, and will…
Ages 11-12 8 min Fantasy Free
In this story, children follow Lily as she tries to save a magical chick hatched beside a stone eagle on Mount Nemrut, and think about why nothing may be taken from an ancient site and why owning up to an accident takes courage. Readers decide whether Lily…
Values: honesty, responsibility, courage
Ages 11-12 8 min Adventure Free
In this story, children help Caleb find a spot at sea using landmarks on the shore, and learn from his mistake why a good landmark must never move. The story looks at protecting an ancient find where it lies and weighing evidence such as a phone pin, a photo…
Values: responsibility, honesty, teamwork
Ages 11-12 8 min Adventure Free
In this story, children help Ella turn a hunch into proof, from the threads' smell and shape to a simple test Granny Sue knows. It shows how much work a saffron harvest takes and how hard it is to be right without embarrassing anyone. Readers' choices decide…
Values: honesty, empathy, courage
Ages 11-12 8 min Educational Free
In this story, children help Max save the take-a-book shelf under the stairs of his building. They learn the reason behind a fire-safety rule, follow clues in the borrowing notebook and look for a solution with the neighbors. Readers' choices decide whether…
Values: teamwork, respect, sharing
Ages 8-12 20 min Adventure Free
In this story, children help Ben deliver nine birthday boxes on time after all their labels fall off. Time is measured by rings dropping from the burning Day Candle, so readers work out with Ben and rule-loving Lina how many trips they can make. Choices…
Values: teamwork, responsibility, friendship
Ages 7-12 25 min Fantasy Free
In this story, children join Maya, who likes everything finished and in its place, as she tries to fix a neighborhood that runs backward after one hasty move. Setting her love of order against very different ways of seeing things, it opens a conversation…
Values: responsibility, curiosity, friendship
Ages 7-11 15 min Adventure Free
In this story, children meet Puff, a living dough boy who climbs out of Ada's bowl after she guesses at a recipe measurement. Readers' choices decide whether Ada, hiding Puff as he swells in the heat, shares her secret with her little brother Rory and…
Values: honesty, empathy, teamwork
Ages 7-12 15 min Fantasy Free
In this story, children follow Kai, who hates leaving one square empty, into Cubia, where a placed cube can never be taken back. With him go his sharp-eyed friend Dani and Biko, a guide who talks in status reports. Readers decide when Kai rushes and when he…
Values: responsibility, patience, empathy
Ages 7-12 25 min Educational Premium
In this story, children follow Nolan, a fast boy used to playing alone, as he is invited to a tournament and meets his shy new teammate, Owen. It weighs wanting to be the star against playing together, and lets readers hear how the child on the sidelines…
Values: teamwork, sharing, empathy
For reading tips and what to look for at each age, see: Book recommendations by age
