''The Girls Get Even'' is a
children's novel by
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor published by
Random House, originally in 1993. The paperback is and it is also available as an
e-book. It is part of the ''Boys Against Girls'' series. It is also issued in a double format with ''
The Boys Start the War''.
The book is set in the fictional town of Buckman,
West Virginia, which is based on the actual town of
Buckhannon
Buckhannon is the only incorporated city in, and the county seat of, Upshur County, West Virginia, Upshur County, West Virginia, United States, and is located along the Buckhannon River. The population was 5,299 at the 2020 United States Census ...
.
Plot
The Malloy girls find out the Hatford boys are going camping and plan to throw their clothes in the river. When the boys find out, both sides make a deal, that whoever makes the best Halloween costume will get to boss the other team around for a whole month. At the Halloween carnival the boys sabotage the girls' costume and the girls sabotage the boys’ costume. The boys are so upset they plan a trick on the girls; they make a fake party invitation saying to go to the cemetery and follow the clues they see, and at the end of the clues the boys would pour worms and pasta all over them. But the girls tricked the boys by emptying the bucket of worms and pasta. The boys missed their chance of getting candy, when they got home the girls were waiting and ready for a party.
References
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2002 American novels
American children's novels
Novels set in West Virginia
Upshur County, West Virginia
2002 children's books
Children's books set in West Virginia