"Explains the customs and traditions connected with the merry pranks of April fooling, and provides several versions of how April Fools' Day came about."
It all began with The Boys Start the War when the Hatford brothers made life miserable for the new-in-town Malloy sisters. Then The Girls Get Even at Halloween when the practical jokes are played on the brothers. Now it's Boys Against Girls for Thanksgiving silliness.
Disgusted that a family with three girls moves into the house across the river, nine-year-old Wally and his three brothers declare a practical joke war on the girls. Followed by The Girls Get Even.