Boys Against Girls

by NAYLOR, PHYLLIS REYNOLDS

• ISBN13: 9780440411239
• ISBN10: 0440411238
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-10-01
• 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><i>Born</i></b><br>January 4 in Anderson, Indiana<br><br><b><i>Previous Jobs</i></b><br>Clinical secretary, teacher, editorial assistant<br><

Table of Contents

Abaguchie	p. 9
Call of the Wild	p. 17
Bunny Slippers	p. 26
Kidnapped	p. 33
Search Party	p. 39
Chiffon	p. 45
Confession	p. 51
Eddie's Thumb	p. 56
Tall Tale	p. 63
The Secret Staircase	p. 70
Waiting for Caroline	p. 75
Trapped	p. 81
Alarm	p. 88
Escape	p. 94
Abaguchie?	p. 100
Playing Ball	p. 106
Letters	p. 115
Paw Prints	p. 118
Two Yellow Eyes	p. 125
A Little Talk with Wally	p. 131
Bait	p. 136
The Capture	p. 141
Gone	p. 146
Cruising down the River	p. 152
Dinner Guest	p. 158
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