The Girls Get Even

The Girls Get Even is a children's novel by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor published by Random House, originally in 1993. The paperback is ISBN 0-440-41842-9 and it is also available as an e-book. It is part of the Boys Against Girls series.[1] It is also issued in a double format with The Boys Start the War.[2] The book is set in the fictional town of Buckman, West Virginia, which is based on the actual town of Buckhannon.

The Girls Get Even
First edition cover (pub. Delacorte Books)
AuthorPhyllis Reynolds Naylor
LanguageEnglish
PublisherDelacorte Books for Young Readers
Publication date
January 1, 1993
ISBN978-0-385-31029-1

Plot

The girls plan to play a dirty trick on the boys. When the boys find out, both side make a deal, that who ever 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 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.

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