Mitch and Amy

Mitch and Amy is a children's novel by American writer Beverly Cleary, illustrated by George Porter, Bob Marstall, Alan Tiegreen, and Tracy Dockray, first published in 1967.

The story follows the escapades of the fraternal Huff twins, Mitch and Amy, in Berkeley, California.

The book centers around twin siblings, Mitch and Amy, who bicker constantly over insignificant things.

It also explores how they deal with their respective learning problems: Amy with multiplication and Mitch with reading and spelling.

However, it also deals with their problems with a tormentor named Alan Hibbler, who harasses them constantly for no apparent reason until a schoolyard fight leads Amy to realize that his antagonistic behaviors may be linked with his father Judson Hibbler's great notoriety and Alan's poor skills in spelling (the same learning problem as Mitch).