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{{Short description|Novel by Beverly Cleary}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{infobox book 
| name         = Mitch and Amy
| image        = Image:Cover of Mitch and Amy.jpg
| caption = First edition
| author       = [[Beverly Cleary]]
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| illustrator  = George Porter
| country      = United States
| language     = English
| series       = 
| genre        = [[Children's literature]]
| publisher    = [[William Morrow & Co.]]
| release_date = 1967
| media_type   = Print (paperback)
| pages        = 217
| isbn         = 
| preceded_by  = 
| followed_by  = 
}}
{{Portal |Children's literature}}

'''''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. It has been translated into Bulgarian and published as an audiobook narrated by [[Veronica Taylor|Kathleen McInerney]].

The story follows the escapades of the fraternal Huff twins, Mitch and Amy, in [[Berkeley, California]].  Although the book was written in the late 1960s, the book stays true to Cleary's penchant for making the stories relevant regardless of the time period.

''Mitch and Amy'' is one of the few Cleary books that is not part of a series or a progression, like the [[Ramona Quimby]] series.  It is also one of the few Cleary books that is set outside [[Portland, Oregon]].

==Plot summary==

The book centers around twin siblings, Mitch and Amy, who bicker constantly over insignificant things. It chronicles their average daily experiences and their opposing personalities and interests, as well as their sibling rivalry. 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).

==External links==
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927202111/http://www.harperchildrens.com/catalog/cleary_books_excerpt.asp?isbn=0380709252 Chapter 1 at harperchildrens.com]''

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[[Category:Novels by Beverly Cleary]]
[[Category:1967 American novels]]
[[Category:William Morrow and Company books]]
[[Category:Novels set in California]]
[[Category:Berkeley, California in fiction]]
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