The two main characters in the story are nine-year old twins who are constantly teasing each other. For one, I liked the characters in the story because they were believable.

Her characters, including Beezus and Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ralph, the motorcycle-riding mouse, have delighted children for generations. Henshaw won the Newbery Medal, and Ramona Quimby, Age 8 and Ramona and Her Father have been named Newbery Honor Books. Cleary's books have earned her many prestigious awards, including the American Library Association's Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, presented to her in recognition of her lasting contribution to children's literature. And so, the Klickitat Street gang was born! She based her funny stories on her own neighborhood experiences and the sort of children she knew. When a young boy asked her, 'Where are the books about kids like us?' she remembered her teacher's encouragement and was inspired to write the books she'd longed to read but couldn't find when she was younger. Before long, her school librarian was saying that she should write children's books when she grew up. But by third grade, after spending much time in her public library in Portland, Oregon, she found her skills had greatly improved. As a child, she struggled with reading and writing. 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).Beverly Cleary is one of America's most beloved authors. It also explores how they deal with their respective learning problems: Amy with multiplication and Mitch with reading and spelling. It chronicles their average daily experiences and their opposing personalities and interests, as well as their sibling rivalry. The book centers around twin siblings, Mitch and Amy, who bicker constantly over insignificant things. It is also one of the few Cleary books that is set outside Portland, Oregon. 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. 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. The story follows the escapades of the fraternal Huff twins, Mitch and Amy, in Berkeley, California. It has been translated into Bulgarian and published as an audiobook narrated by Kathleen McInerney. Mitch and Amy is a children's novel by Beverly Cleary, illustrated by George Porter, Bob Marstall, Alan Tiegreen, and Tracy Dockray, first published in 1967.

Mitch and Amy by Beverly Cleary