The White Secret of Lake Salda
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 Aiden find his own proof to change his dad's mind about the bottle?
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8 Minutes
4 Endings
11-12
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About This Story
“The White Secret of Lake Salda” is an interactive nature story for children aged 11-12, about 8 minutes long. The reader decides how it goes at 5 choice points, and there are 4 different endings. It is free to read on Kitapz, with no account needed.
- Age range
- 11-12 years
- Reading time
- about 8 minutes
- Genre
- Nature
- Format
- Interactive · 5 choice points · 4 endings
- Language
- English, Turkish
- Access
- Free, no account needed
- Characters
- Mom, Aiden, Kyle, Iris, Mia, Mark (Dad), Mrs. Norma, The Bucket Family
- Collections
- Nature stories, Stories for ages 11-12
- Reading support
- dyslexia-friendly font, bionic reading, color-blindness filters
An Excerpt from the Story
The moment Aiden climbed out of the car, he froze. The shore was snow-white and the lake was turquoise. Puffy mounds, like heads of cauliflower, sat in the shallow water. Suddenly he remembered the Mars photos his teacher had shown on the board last term.
Aiden (thinking):
This place is totally Mars. But what are those things in the water?
His dad pulled an empty plastic bottle out of the trunk and waved it in the air.
Mark (Dad):
“A Mars souvenir for your mom! We'll send the very first space mail.”
He snapped a photo of the bottle, sent it to Aiden's mom, who was working a shift, and laughed at his own joke.
But Aiden was looking at a mound right next to the campsite. One side of it had broken open. The broken part was so white and so fresh, it looked like it had cracked just yesterday. There were footprints all around it, and empty bottles rolled across the sand. A gray drone buzzed overhead. The bearded man flying it, with a huge camera hanging around his neck, shouted happily.
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