Me and My Name

by Mary Jane Miller

Does a new name make a new you? Which name? Which boyfriend? Which answer? Yes or no?
Erin never had to make so many decisions before! Should she be adopted by her stepfather and change her name? If you have been Erin Mitchell all your life how can you turn into Erin Zanin? Mitchell has always sounded fine. Plus it connects her to her dad.
But Leo is a great stepdad and now that her mother's expecting, having the same last name would really make them all a family. Mitchell or Zanin? What do you do?
Then there's Richard and Ryan. How do you choose between two cute guys? Should it be Richard, the popular jock, or smart and funny Ryan? Can she say no to Kim Adams the most popular girl in sixth grade when Kim gives her a dare?
How many choices should one kid have to make, anyway? And how do you make them?

121 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1990

Reviews

[Theo]

This was a decent book. It was about adoption and divorce. This girl really frets over her name.

[Chasity Z]

I thought it was a good book because in a way that happened to me. I liked how there was more then one problem she faced because when it is only one it is a little boring to read. In this book she had to diside if she wanted to be adopted or not, if she was she wouldn't be Erin Mitchell's he would Be Erin Zanin. Also she was not sure witch boy she was going to date and if she wanted to hang out with the popular people. She made so good desisions. i like how she thought everything through really well. She keep her name as Erin Mitchell's unlike me i changed mine.

[Kathleen Turnbull]

I really enjoyed this book. It's about how a girl's parents get divorced and her mother wants her to consider being adopted by her stepfather and receiving his last name. I think that the author showed nicely a struggle between a new family at home and loyal and love to her father. If I could gleam anything from this book it would be to show character development.