I loved this book so so so so so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is a great realistic fiction story! It is about how both Eddie and Jake want the same position for baseball and the war continues. I think this story is for both boys and girls because the author switched off between chapters for the boys, and the girls. I think the message in this story is ''never give up''. I hope you like it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Girls Take Over (Boy/Girl Battle)
By Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Book 8 of 12 in the
Boy/Girl Battle Series
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 4 - 5 | n/a | 4.9 | 30235 |
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!
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!
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN-13: 9780440416784
ISBN-10: 0440416787
Published on 3/9/2004
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 160