Boys Against Girls

by NAYLOR, PHYLLIS REYNOLDS

• ISBN13: 9780375806735
• ISBN10: 0375806733
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Yearling

Summary

A Young Reader's Choice Award-winner A Newberry Award-winning Author Part of The Boys-Girls Battle Series Caroline Malloy shivers happily when her on-again, off-again enemy Wally Hatford tells her that a strange animal known as the abaguchie has been spotted in their area.

Author Biography

<b>Phyllis Reynolds Naylor</b> knew at a very early age that she wanted to be a writer. She began her career writing short stories for magazines and has since authored more than ninety books for children. Though Mrs. Naylor grew up in Ohio, she sets many of her books in West Virginia. The boys-girls battle series is set in Buckman, West Virginia, a town modeled after Buckhannon, West Virginia, where her husband spent most of his growing-up years. Mrs. Naylor has enjoyed accolades from young readers all across the country, and she has won numerous awards. She was honored with the Newbery Medal for her novel <i>Shiloh</i>.<br><br><b></b><b><i>Born</i></b><b></b><br>January 4 in Anderson, Indiana<br><br><b></b><b><i>Previous Jobs</i></b><b></b><br>Clinic

Table of Contents

Abaguchie	1	(8)
Call of the Wild	9	(8)
Bunny Slippers	17	(6)
Kidnapped	23	(6)
Search Party	29	(6)
Chiffen	35	(6)
Confession	41	(4)
Eddie's Thumb	45	(6)
Tall Tale	51	(7)
The Secret Staircase	58	(4)
Waiting for Caroline	62	(6)
Trapped	68	(7)
Alarm	75	(5)
Escape	80	(6)
Abagnchie?	86	(5)
Playing Ball	91	(8)
Letters	99	(3)
Paw Prints	102	(6)
Two Yellow Eyes	108	(6)
A Little Talk with Wally	114	(5)
Bait	119	(5)
The Capture	124	(5)
Gone	129	(5)
Cruising down the River	134	(5)
Dinner Guest	139