 The Boys Start the War

The Boys Start the War is the first of many novels in a series of children's books by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.The series is centered on two families, the Hatfords, who have four sons, Jake, Josh, Wally, and Peter, and the Malloys, who have three daughters, Eddie, Beth, and Caroline.The names Hatford and Malloy are probably a reference to the Hatfields and McCoys, actual West Virginia families who famously carried on a feud.