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Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey (School & Library Binding)

by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Author)
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When her English teacher, Mrs. Dunphrey, announces that she will require everyone to keep a journal, Tish Bonner sighs and fidgets. She's one of those girls with big hair who sits in the back of the classroom, giggling and passing notes to friends instead of paying attention. Frankly, school is a waste of time for Tish. She would rather be working to help support herself and her younger brother. (Goodness knows her mother never lifts a finger to help them.) Mrs. Dunphrey says that she won't read any student's entry marked "DO NOT READ." Should Tish believe her? Much to Tish's surprise, journal writing becomes a welcome--yet frightening--outlet for the increasing stress she feels about life at home. Should she write about everything she's feeling? Will Mrs. Dunphrey really respect her privacy? This novel offers teens a realistic view of a young woman's life spinning out of control. Tish has real heart, and the way she faces her problems will inspire readers. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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Haddix (Running Out of Time) offers a tough-edged if familiar story of a beleaguered high school girl who confides the difficulties of her life to a journal in an assignment for English class; the title refers to the label the heroine gives every entry so that her teacher, the true-to-her-word Mrs. Dunphrey, will only look at the completed writing and not actually read the sensitive contents. With an abusive and mostly absentee father, a depressed mother, and only a part-time job at Burger Boy to pay for her food and clothes?as well as for her little brother Matthew's?Tish Bonner seems headed for a crisis. At her lowest point, penniless and starving after her mother's abandonment and after she is fired by a manager whose sexual advances she has refused, Tish shoplifts from a grocery store to feed herself and Matthew?and then faces being evicted from her home. Because the journal is the sole outlet for Tish's inner turmoil, the tone here shifts only in terms of varying shades of anger. Meanwhile, Mrs. Dunphrey, a model of teacherly concern, writes brief comments to express her appreciation of Tish's lengthy entries and to ask Tish to let her read some of them. YA readers will be not in the least surprised that Tish finally turns over her entire journal for Mrs. Dunphrey's perusal as a way of getting help, and that Mrs. Dunphrey comes through in the best sensitive-English-teacher tradition. Ages 12-up.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Story for Young Adults!, Jun 2 2004
By Brayan (Salt Lake City, UT USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey (Library Binding)
Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey, by Margaret Peterson Haddix is a great story that any young adult should read. The story is about a brave young girl who does everything to protect her brother and mom against the cruelty of her father. At her young age, she learns to confront the problems of the real world and is forced to be responsible for her house and little brother. She is put in a situation where she can't tell her secrets to anyone, the only option she has is to let everything out on a journal. She shares her every thought, plan, and reality with the journal she had to turn in to her teacher. Sweat and chills would go through her body every time she had to turn in her special journal; her journal of secrets. But in the end she and her little brother were able to survive the harsh conditions they went through and their lives made a sudden change that led them to happiness; for once. I learned a lot from this harsh situation, and by the way Margaret sequences the events it makes it an exciting story that you don't want to stop reading.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Don't You Dare Read This Mrs. Dunphrey, April 22 2004
By Dayna (Ohio) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey (Library Binding)
In the book Don't You Dare Read This Mrs. Dunphrey is written by Marget Peterson Haddix. I like this book because it had a good moral to the story. In this book one of the main characters is Tish Booner, she is one of those girls that have big hair, who sits in the back of the classroom passing notes. In her English class she has to warite 3 journal entrys a week for Mrs. Dunphrey. In this book every page is writen as if it was real jounal. Mrs. Dunphrey let her students choose if they wanted her to read it, but in every teens life they have to deal with school work, and a home life too. In Tishes case she had to keep her friends. My opinion about this book is that Tish's family is making Tish grow up ti fast, and making her loose her child hood. After I read this book I felt very happy about my life!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Dont you dare read this Mrs.Dunphrey, Jan 15 2004
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This review is from: Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey (Mass Market Paperback)
Mgaret Peterson Haddix wrote Don't you dare read this Mrs.Dunphrey. I like this book because it had a good moral to it. In the book Tish Bonner writes in her journal how her life is. She is a girl that needs helps but she doesn't know who to go to. I really don't like her because she constantly complains about her life when she can go to a counselor. I like the brother Matt because he has a big imagination. The mom is real weird because she doesn't do anything for the family. I do not like the setting because it is in a small town. I don't like the plot because it bores me to death.
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4.0 out of 5 stars This is a great book for teenagers
Don't You Dare Read This Mrs. Dunphrey is written by Margaret Peterson Haddix. I really liked this book because I related with the story some what. Read more
Published on Jan 12 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars A Page-Turner
This book is really good. Haddix has got to be one of the best authors ever. This book is very realistic to a real diary. Read more
Published on Dec 30 2003 by Becca

5.0 out of 5 stars Familar
Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey, by Margaret Peterson Haddix, was kind of boring at first. It didn't really grab my attention, but then I got past the first page and it... Read more
Published on Dec 19 2003 by Vanity

5.0 out of 5 stars Familar
"Don't you dare read this Mrs. Dunphrey" By Margaret Peterson Haddix. This book at first was kind of boring it didn't really grab my attention but then i got past the first page... Read more
Published on Dec 19 2003 by Vanity

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't You Dare Read This Mrs. Dunphrey
This book was not good, at all. It was better it was great!!! Before I started the book I thought I would put it down after a few chapters but... Read more
Published on Jun 10 2003 by H. Mahoney

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The book Don't You Dare Read This Mrs. Dunphrey is a really great book. Read more

Published on Jun 10 2003 by H. Mahoney

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't You Dare Read this Mrs. Dumphry
This was a very touching story. I always wanted to keep reading it, because it would always leave me hanging. Read more
Published on May 9 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't You Dare Read this Mrs. Dumphrey
Don't you Dare Read this Mrs. Dumphrey by Margaret Peterson Haddix is a realistic fiction book containing 114 pages. Read more
Published on Mar 31 2003 by Yvonne Furniss

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a very good book
If you want a fast read, and you enjoy Haddix's books, than this is the book for you. I read this book in a day. It's one of those books you just can't put down. Read more
Published on Mar 19 2003 by Laurel R. Gerard

5.0 out of 5 stars A Story At Its Best
Don't You Dare Read This Mrs. Dunphrey was an excellent, intriguing story, and full of suspense. That is, once I began reading the book, it became difficult to put the book down... Read more
Published on Nov 12 2002

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