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Children's Fiction Self-esteem & Self-reliance

My Name is Mitch

by (author) Shelagh Lynne Supeene

Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Initial publish date
Oct 2003
Category
Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Parents, Bullying
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781551432557
    Publish Date
    Oct 2003
    List Price
    $8.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781554695119
    Publish Date
    Oct 2003
    List Price
    $6.99

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 9 to 12
  • Grade: 4 to 7
  • Reading age: 9 to 12

Description

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.

About the author

Shelagh Lynne Supeene was born in Clinton, Ontario, Canada in 1952 to Margaret and Hal Supeene. Her father was in the Royal Canadian Air Force, so they moved often within Canada and in the US., but spent most summers with farming relatives in Manitoba where they gathered eggs, played with kittens and road horseback.

She attended Brandon University in Brandon, Manitoba and then moved to Hamilton, Ontario, to study world religions at McMaster University. Shelagh Lynne earned an Honours B.A. and did two years of graduate work on Chinese language and philosophy, for which she was awarded two Ontario Graduate Scholarships in 1980 and 1981.

In the early 1980s, Shelagh Lynne joined a peace group where she met her future husband. They married in 1987 and have two sons. They live in Waterloo, Ontario with their golden retriever. Shelagh Lynne has M.E., which means she needs to rest a lot, so she doesn't visit schools. She is, however, happy to answer reader e-mails, and can be reached at slynnes@gmail.com.

Shelagh Lynne began writing for children when her own children were learning to read. My Name is Mitch, a novel for children age 9-12, was published by Orca Book Publishers in 2003.

Shelagh Lynne goes by both her first names. In writing circles she likes to be known as "Lynne", but some friends and family call her "Shelagh". Yes, it can be confusing! But she likes both her names so she lives with the occasional confusion.

http://www.web.net/~slsupeene/

Shelagh Lynne Supeene's profile page

Awards

  • Short-listed, Silver Birch nominee
  • Short-listed, SYRCA Diamond Willow nominee
  • Commended, CCBC Our Choice

Excerpt: My Name is Mitch (by (author) Shelagh Lynne Supeene)

My name is Mitch MacLeod. On the first day of school I can tell that it's going to be a bad year. As soon as I walk into the classroom Philip points at me and yells, "Hey, Midget-brain, the kindergarten is down the hall." Everyone looks, naturally, including any new kids I might have had a chance with. Chevy chips in, "Here, little boy, I'll take you to Mrs. Granoff." She holds out her hand. You'd never know that over the summer we were practically friends. She totally towers over me, but I ignore her.