application route's model hook not triggering

Question

I have a route that looks like this:

App.ApplicationRoute = Ember.Route.extend({
  model: function() {
    console.log("caching books");
    this.store.find('books');
  }
});

When I run it locally I see the "caching books" message in the console. But when I run it in qunit the message never shows up.

Why does the application route's model hook not fire in qunit?

Here's my qunit integration test:

module('Ember.js Library', {
  setup: function() {
    Ember.run(App, App.advanceReadiness);
  },
  teardown: function() {
    App.reset();
  }
});

test('root url redirects to leads list', function() {
  visit('/');
  andThen(function() {
    // assert
  });
});