Complete Book List for 2026-2027
We’re happy to announce the official SALT reading list for the 2026-2027 school year. The 3rd-4th Grade Division will again read 12 books and the 5th-6th Grade Division will read 16 books. You can find book details and summaries here. Each division’s complete list is shown below:
3RD-4TH GRADE DIVISION:
- Arin’s Judgment (Passages) by Paul McCusker
- Book of Jonah NIV Bible
- Brambleheart by Henry Cole
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Classic Collection edition only: ISBN 9780241677254) by Roald Dahl
- Disaster on the Titanic (Ranger in Time) by Kate Messner
- Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary
- Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
- Mystery in Rocky Mountain National Park (National Park Mystery) by Aaron Johnson
- Pocket Bear by Katherine Applegate
- Trouble According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney
- Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder? by Patricia Brennan Demuth
5TH-6TH GRADE DIVISION:
- All Thirteen by Christina Soontorvat
- Arin’s Judgment (Passages) by Paul McCusker
- Book of Jonah NIV Bible
- Brambleheart by Henry Cole
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Classic Collection edition only: ISBN 9780241677254) by Roald Dahl
- Disaster on the Titanic (Ranger in Time) by Kate Messner
- Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
- Mystery in Rocky Mountain National Park (National Park Mystery) by Aaron Johnson
- Pie by Sarah Weeks
- Pocket Bear by Katherine Applegate
- The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
- Trouble According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney
- Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder? by Patricia Brennan Demuth
