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Eleven year olds:

• Listen to music independently
• Like to dance
• Like horror movies and stories
• Like mysteries
• Like series books
• Find that friends are vey important
• Clothes and appearance are more important
• Like babies and little kids
• Write notes / text  friends
• Like sports
• Like survival and adventure stories
• Like happy endings to stories
• Imitate their friends in dress and behaviour
• Begin an interest in science fiction
• Read about people just a little older than they are.

Twelve year olds

• Like rap, rock and roll and heavy metal music
• Participate in all kinds of sports
• Begin to specialize in some sport
• Like physical activity
• Begin informally dating, mostly in groups
• Like History in fact and fiction 
• Like horror stories and movies
• Like comedy, fantasy and science fiction
• Watch TV series
• Are very interested in their social life
• Are interested in makeup, clothes, hairstyles
• Have moodswings, seem grown-up one minute, a child the next
• Like to do things for themselves
• Like to be cool.

Above you will find some lists of recommended books for your grade.  In order to present a balanced list we have tried to include the following in each list:

• Chapter books
• Picture books (yes, even for older readers)
• Comic books and Graphic Books
• Nonfiction and informational texts
• Books that are easy and books that are challenging
• Books that make us laugh and make us think

How did we arrive at the lists?

• Recommendations by our experts - i.e. students from the next highest grade.  They've put aside books that they consider "Everyone must read before leaving Grade xx"
• Recommendations by our teachers - next to our students they know best which books entice and motivate students to start reading and keep on reading
• Recommendations by librarians - our librarians and other librarians in Singapore and around the world (like Red Dot Books and other award winners)
• Recommendations by people have studied this stuff - like Bonnie Campbell Hill and Donalyn Miller and Jim Trelease and Mem Fox.
• Reviews that we trust such as School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, New York Times Children's books etc.
• Websites that know what they're talking about like Common Sense Media, A Mighty girl, Guys Read and We Need Diverse Books 
• Organisations we trust like Bring me a Book.

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