The Name That Book Contest is a highly competitive event sponsored by H.I.S.D.'s Library Services Department each spring.  Coached by Mrs. Taylor, students who have chosen Name That Book as an elective prepare by reading the books from the Name That Book Middle School List and practicing in the library during their elective  period.  Early in the second semester six students are chosen to represent Pershing at the district contest.  
    Students in Name That Book have also enjoyed becoming "reading buddies" to Kindergarten students from Mark Twain.  They regularly visited and read to their younger buddies.