We’re happy to announce the official SALT reading list for the 2025-2026 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:
- Beneath the Swirling Sky (The Restorationists) by Carolyn Leiloglou
- Book of Luke NIV Bible
- Draven’s Defiance (Passages) by Paul McCusker
- Frindle by Andrew Clements
- I Survived the Great Alaskan Earthquake, 1964 by Lauren Tarshis
- Pax by Sara Pennypacker
- Poppy by Avi
- The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
- The Enormous Egg by Oliver Butterworth
- The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (The Great Illustrated Classics edition only: ISBN 9781603400329 – paperback, 1591971969 – hardcover) by Howard Pyle
- The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
- The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney
5TH-6TH GRADE DIVISION:
- Beneath the Swirling Sky (The Restorationists) by Carolyn Leiloglou
- Book of Luke NIV Bible
- Draven’s Defiance (Passages) by Paul McCusker
- Frindle by Andrew Clements
- I Survived the Great Alaskan Earthquake, 1964 by Lauren Tarshis
- Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
- Jim Elliot: One Great Purpose (Christian Heroes: Then & Now) by Janet & Geoff Benge
- Pax by Sara Pennypacker
- Poppy by Avi
- The Ark, the Reed, and the Fire Cloud (The Amazing Tales of Max & Liz) by Jenny Cote
- The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
- The Enormous Egg by Oliver Butterworth
- The Future Door (No Place Like Holmes) by Jason Lethcoe
- The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (The Great Illustrated Classics edition only: ISBN 9781603400329 – paperback, 1591971969 – hardcover) by Howard Pyle
- The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
- The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney