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Boy/Girl Battle #8
The Girls Take Over
The race is on! The Hatford boys and the Malloy girls are ready to outdo one another again. Eddie is the first girl to ever try out for the school baseball team. Now she and Jake are competing for the same position, while Caroline and Wally compete for class spelling bee champ. Wally is itching to win, but Caroline the show-off plans to be number one.
As if that wasn’t enough, the kids decide to race bottles down the rising Buckman River to see whose will go the farthest by the end of the month. The winner will be queen or king for the day while the other kids act as servants. But neither team trusts the other. When the girls go down to the river to try and capture the boys’ bottles, Caroline falls into the rising water. It looks like those Malloy girls may be in over their heads this time!
From the Hardcover edition.
As if that wasn’t enough, the kids decide to race bottles down the rising Buckman River to see whose will go the farthest by the end of the month. The winner will be queen or king for the day while the other kids act as servants. But neither team trusts the other. When the girls go down to the river to try and capture the boys’ bottles, Caroline falls into the rising water. It looks like those Malloy girls may be in over their heads this time!
From the Hardcover edition.
160 pages, Paperback
First published September 10, 2002
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About the author
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
245 books1,035 followersPhyllis Reynolds Naylor was born in Anderson, Indiana, US on January 4, 1933.
Her family were strongly religious with conservative, midwestern values and most of her childhood was spent moving a lot due to her father's occupation as a salesman.
Though she grew up during the Depression and her family did not have a lot of money, Naylor stated that she never felt poor because her family owned good books. Her parents enjoyed reading stories to the children--her father would imitate the characters in Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer--and her mother read to them every evening, "almost until we were old enough to go out on dates, though we never would have admitted this to anyone."
By the time Phyllis reached fifth grade, writing books was her favorite hobby and she would rush home from school each day to write down whatever plot had been forming in her head - at sixteen her first story was published in a local church magazine.
Phyllis has written over 80 books for children and young people. One of these books, "Shiloh," was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1992, was named a Notable Children's Book by the American Library Association and was also Young Adult Choice by the International Reading Association.
Naylor gets her ideas from things that happen to her or from things she has read. "Shiloh" was inspired by a little abused dog she and her husband found. The little dog haunted her so much that she had to write a story about him to get it out of her mind.
Her family were strongly religious with conservative, midwestern values and most of her childhood was spent moving a lot due to her father's occupation as a salesman.
Though she grew up during the Depression and her family did not have a lot of money, Naylor stated that she never felt poor because her family owned good books. Her parents enjoyed reading stories to the children--her father would imitate the characters in Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer--and her mother read to them every evening, "almost until we were old enough to go out on dates, though we never would have admitted this to anyone."
By the time Phyllis reached fifth grade, writing books was her favorite hobby and she would rush home from school each day to write down whatever plot had been forming in her head - at sixteen her first story was published in a local church magazine.
Phyllis has written over 80 books for children and young people. One of these books, "Shiloh," was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1992, was named a Notable Children's Book by the American Library Association and was also Young Adult Choice by the International Reading Association.
Naylor gets her ideas from things that happen to her or from things she has read. "Shiloh" was inspired by a little abused dog she and her husband found. The little dog haunted her so much that she had to write a story about him to get it out of her mind.
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August 23, 2021
the kids were absolutely insufferable in this one never in my life have i wanted to hit a 9 year old child before. fbi if ur reading this it’s a joke
February 7, 2018
This is one of those nostalgic series for me, along with Encyclopedia Brown, The Great Brain, and Goosebumps, that are just a fun and quick read that'll take you back to the good old days.
The Hatfords and the Malloys have a complex relationship, where they can't seem to get along, but certainly don't want the others to leave - things are too exciting when both groups get together.
Caroline was pretty annoying this book, but she did get her comeuppance a bit at the end. Overall, not my favorite of the series, but still a delight to read.
The Hatfords and the Malloys have a complex relationship, where they can't seem to get along, but certainly don't want the others to leave - things are too exciting when both groups get together.
Caroline was pretty annoying this book, but she did get her comeuppance a bit at the end. Overall, not my favorite of the series, but still a delight to read.
September 20, 2012
Thoroughly and completely enjoyed this series, which I read to my daughters through Nov & Dec at bedtime. Love, love, love Phyllis Reynolds Naylor for elementary aged readers. Love, love, love this series for the Brady-bunch era of hijinx between children... Love, love, love that neither the boys nor the girls are clear-case winners of the "war", though, my daughters do believe there was a winner. Whole-heartedly recommend as a family read and to all elementary-aged readers.
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March 10, 2010Its about these boys and a girl the boys think that girls can't play baseball and they fight about it and finally the boys give in because the girl prooved them wrong by playing on a boys baseball team
June 6, 2008
Great book
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September 13, 2009good
November 18, 2009
I love the title :)
July 18, 2012
It was quite funny and I did not expect the ending.
January 6, 2013
Still had that childish charm, humor, and mischief that is so refreshing every once in a while. I liked it a lot.
September 9, 2022
Read again with the younger kids. Hysterical, as always.
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December 24, 2013AR Quiz No. 64035 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP, VP
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP, VP
October 10, 2014
I thought that this book was pretty good. It is now probably my favorite book now. I thought it was just really good in general.
December 22, 2022
3 stars
Eddie and Jake are competing for the same position for baseball and Caroline and Wally compete for class spelling bee champ. So much to fight over, so many tricks.
Eddie and Jake are competing for the same position for baseball and Caroline and Wally compete for class spelling bee champ. So much to fight over, so many tricks.
February 4, 2008
HA! c? the girls TOOK OVER.
June 27, 2011
One of this series by Naylor. Good for 3-4 graders. Fun for either boy or girl.
January 20, 2015
The Malloys sure made the fire department "clean and beautiful".
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April 18, 2017The Girls Take Over is really good because it shows that girls can do better than boys.
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