THE NINE MINUTES / 03BOOK 03 · YOUR COMPANION GUIDE
The Salt Run
Odji Faal · 15, Keeper of the Ledger
The village loses eleven days of food in one night, and the only thing that stops the rest rotting is nine miles up-valley.
Keep this page beside the book. Follow its people and places, try its mission, then return after the last chapter.
BEFORE YOU READ / THREE PLACES TO BEGIN
What does a fair trade cost?
Play the book · A two-minute Roost challenge
A good trade starts with the truth.
The fair measure
Two decisions. A place on the crew. Try a short challenge inspired by The Salt Run.
A place on the crew.
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A spoiler-free companion activity, not an extract from the book.
EIGHTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS / ONE FOR EACH CHAPTER
Small things.
Whole stories.
Look for the objects your chapter leaves behind. Choose a drawing to take it into Storytime, where you can look closer while someone reads aloud.
OFF THE PAGE
Look closer.
Try it yourself.
Every volume pairs dinosaur evidence with a hands-on build. Both are free to read here.
Triceratops
Explore the evidence, the discoveries and what the story made up.
Open the Field Notes ↗MAKE ITBuild something that works.
The balance beam: making two loads equal without knowing what either weighs.
Open the activity ↗Come back after the last chapter.
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AFTER READING
Which costs can the Ledger count? Which costs need a conversation?
Talk it through, draw an answer, or find a passage that changed your mind.