Category Archives: Book List

We are ready to jump into our third season of SALT. As we welcome 7th and 8th graders to the club, here are the first nine books on our 2020-2021 reading list:

ALL GRADE DIVISIONS

• Book of Acts NIV Bible (3rd-6th: chapters 1-14, 7th-8th: chapters 1-28)
• The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

3RD-4TH & 5TH-6TH GRADE DIVISIONS

• Another Quest for Celeste by Henry Cole
• The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies
• The Prince Warriors and the Swords of Rhema by Priscilla Shirer
• The Unbreakable Code by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
• Yours Truly by Heather Vogel Frederick

5TH-6TH & 7TH-8TH GRADE DIVISIONS

• The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

7TH-8TH GRADE DIVISION

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

These first nine books are listed with details here on the website. We hope you enjoy some great summer reading. Watch for the remaining nine books to be announced in August.

We are so excited to get started for the school year! The official reading list for 2019-2020 is here:

• Absolutely Truly Heather Vogel Frederick
• Book of Nehemiah NIV Bible
• Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
• Listening for Lions by Gloria Whelan
• Mary Poppins Comes Back by P.L. Travers
• Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
• Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
• Short by Holly Goldberg Sloan
• The Prince Warriors and the Unseen Invasion by Priscilla Shirer
• The Van Gogh Deception by Deron Hicks
• What Was the Underground Railroad? by Yona Zeldis McDonough
• Wonder by R.J. Palacio
• Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes (5th-6th Grade Division Only)
• Quinny & Hopper by Adriana Brad Schanen (5th-6th Grade Division Only)
• Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton (5th-6th Grade Division Only)
• The Twenty-One Balloons by William Péne du Bois (5th-6th Grade Division Only)

Brief details for each book can be found here on the website.

Please remember that we have a mandatory coaches meeting scheduled for Thursday, September 19, 2019. Join us at 4:00 pm in the Salem Academy Elementary Library. If you are unable to attend, please contact us so we can make alternate plans to get you the current information you will need for starting up your SALT program this fall. 

We are so excited to jump into our second season of SALT. Here are the first eight books on our 2019-2020 reading list:

• Book of Nehemiah NIV Bible
• Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
• Wonder by R.J. Palacio
• The Prince Warriors and the Unseen Invasion by Priscilla Shirer
• Listening for Lions by Gloria Whelan
• What Was the Underground Railroad? by Yona Zeldis McDonough
• Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
• Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes (5th-6th Grade Division Only)

The first eight books we’ll be diving into are listed with details here on the website. Thank you for your suggestions and we hope you enjoy some great summer reading. Watch for the remaining eight books to be announced in August.