My Name Is Mitch

By Shelagh Lynne Supeene

Mitch MacLeod may be the smallest kid in grade six, but he has a great sense of humor and a strong backbone. He can read, sometimes, but never at school when he has to. "You don't know what humiliation is until you have a grade one reading buddy who reads better than you do," he says. But things start to change for Mitch when he creates an opportunity to stand up to Philip, his arch-enemy, when his reading begins to improve, and when his dad, "The Creep," moves back to town.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551432552
• ISBN13: 9781551432557
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 7.1"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

my name is Mitch

my name is Mitch author:Shelagh Lynn Supeene "Midget" a.k.a Mitch is always being picked on. Whether its Chevy or Philip, his arch enemy. He may be the smallest kid in grade 6 but he sure knows a couple of tricks. So when they all spike their lunches, Philip finally learns not to steal all their lunches. Then Mitch finds out his father a.k.a the creep, Ryan Caroll moved back to town, he goes in search. Read this book it is full of surprises, twists and turns. If you can hold on long enough this book will take you on a adventure. Review by: Frances

A Delightful, Well-Written Story

Sixth grader Mitch MacLeod is picked on at school for being small and for having trouble with reading. Even though Philip and Siobhan challenge him about something every day at school, Mitch maintains his sense of humor in this delightful story. However, more challenging problems loom on the horizon. His divorced mother calls Mitch's estranged father "The Creep," which makes him an abstract, unknown shadow in the scheme of things until he suddenly appears on the scene. This realistic account of a kid coming to terms with school bullies and absent fathers will resonate well with middle school students and those of us who remember what it was like not to be part of the "in" crowd when we were in the sixth grade.