Boys Against Girls

A Young Reader's Choice Award-winner A Newberry Award-winning Author Part of The Boys-Girls Battle Series Caroline Malloy shivers happily when her on-again, off-again enemy Wally Hatford tells her that a strange animal known as the abaguchie has been spotted in their area.

<b>Phyllis Reynolds Naylor</b> knew at a very early age that she wanted to be a writer. She began her career writing short stories for magazines and has since authored more than ninety books for children. Though Mrs. Naylor grew up in Ohio, she sets many of her books in West Virginia. The boys-girls battle series is set in Buckman, West Virginia, a town modeled after Buckhannon, West Virginia, where her husband spent most of his growing-up years. Mrs. Naylor has enjoyed accolades from young readers all across the country, and she has won numerous awards. She was honored with the Newbery Medal for her novel <i>Shiloh</i>.<br><br><b><i>Born</i></b><br>January 4 in Anderson, Indiana<br><br><b><i>Previous Jobs</i></b><br>Clinical secretary, teacher, editorial assistant<br><