Point Vicente is one of the charter Palos Verdes schools fielding a team in the Battle of the Books! This program is a wonderful opportunity for book lovers - and an incentive for students needing a nudge - to read good books and share them with peers!

Battle of the Books is for- 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders who love to read, and for parents who want to see their children reading high quality books.

Questions?  Contact the librarian at [email protected]

2024-2025 Book List
Author - Title

Avi-The Fighting Ground

Balliett, Blue-Chasing Vermeer

Birney, Betty-The World According to Humphrey

Bulla, Clyde Robert-The Sword in the Tree

Burnett, Frances Hodgson-The Secret Garden

Butterworth, Oliver-The Enormous Egg

Clements, Andrew-No Talking

Dahl, Roald-Fantastic Mr. Fox

Gutman, Dan-Honus and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure

Haddix, Margaret Peterson-Running Out of Time

Harlow, Joan Hiatt-Midnight Rider

Howe, Deborah & James-Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery

Konigsburg, E.L.-From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Lewis, Gil-Wild Wings

Meyer, Eileen-The Superlative A. Lincoln

Osborne, Mary Pope-Dinosaurs Before Dark

Park, Linda Sue-The Kite Fighters

Ponti, James-City Spies

Riley, James-Half Upon a Time

Rose, Caroline Starr-May B. 

Stewart, Trenton Lee-The Mysterious Benedict Society

Tarshis, Lauren-I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906

Urban, Linda-A Crooked Kind of Perfect

Watson, Renee-Ways to Make Sunshine

Weeks, Sarah-Save Me a Seat

White, E.B.-Stuart Little

Wise, William-Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler

Yang, Gene Luen-Secret Coders