“Hatfords and Malloys” Series; also known as the “Boys vs. Girls” Series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- The Boys Start the War (1992)
- The Girls Get Even (1993)
- Boys Against Girls (1994)
- The Girls’ Revenge (1998)
- A Traitor Among the Boys (1999)
- A Spy Among the Girls (2000)
- The Boys Return (2001)
- The Girls Take Over (2002)
- Boys in Control (2003)
- Girls Rule! (2004)
- Boys Rock! (2005)
- Who Won the War? (2006)
A fun series of a long-running boys vs. girls feud — based on the Hatfields and McCoys feud.
Recommended age: 10 – 12; 12 – 14.
The four Hatford boys were sad that their friends and neighbors, the Bensons — who had five boys — had moved away. Worse, the family that is renting the Bensons’ house, the Malloys, have three girls. The boys decide that if they can drive the girls away, then maybe the Bensons might need to return to their house. The girls, meanwhile, decide that they are going to get back at the boys who are spying on them. In the process, war is declared. Sometimes the boys get the upper hand, and sometimes the girls do — but usually, each side’s schemes get turned around to the other side’s advantage.
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