The Great M&M Caper

About the Book

The Great M&M Caper and Other Fourth-Grade Adventures is a collection of six hilarious stories charting the misadventures of Charlie Mitchell, a “gifted underachiever” at William McKinley Elementary School. Charlie finds trouble sneaking into the teachers’ lounge, facing down a playground bully, completing an ADHD survey, showing off for a pretty girl, and vacationing with his family. A good-hearted hero, Charlie wonders how he manages to end up in hot water so often. For anyone who’s ever been distracted during a boring class, Charlie turns the daily routine at McKinley Elementary into an adventure.

About the Author

Charlie Mitchell is a fourth grader at William McKinley Elementary School. His desire for peanut M&Ms sometimes gets in the way of him being successful in class. He has been known to barter, sell, even beg for candy, trading cards, toys, and trinkets . . . heck, anything he can trade for sixty-five cents, the cost of a sunburst-yellow packet of heaven-sent chocolaty goodness—Charlie’s one weakness. A “gifted underachiever,” Charlie often gets distracted in class and sometimes finds outlandish trouble even while trying to follow school rules. The stories in The Great M&M Caper are Charlie’s first collection of fourth-grade adventures.