Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey

Name: Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
ISBN: 9781470355036

Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix

Narrator: Alyssa Bresnahan

Unabridged: 3 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/25/2013

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes, School

Synopsis

A fifteen-year-old uses a class journal to contain a risky secret in this classic from New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix.

Things are so bad, I feel like I’m going to explode if I don’t do something …

Everyone has to keep a journal in Mrs. Dunphrey’s English class, but the teacher has promised she won’t read any entry marked “Do not read this.” It’s the kind of assignment Tish Bonner, one of the girls with big hair who sit in the back row, usually wouldn’t take very seriously.
But right now, Tish desperately needs someone to talk to, even if it’s only a notebook she doesn’t dare let anyone read.

As Tish’s life spins out of control, the entries in her journal become more and more private … and dangerous. Is she risking everything that matters to her by putting the truth on paper? And is she risking more by keeping silent?

About Margaret Peterson Haddix

Margaret Peterson Haddix grew up on a farm in Ohio. She worked as a newspaper reporter and copy editor in Indiana before her first book, Running Out of Time, was published. She has since written more than fifty books for kids and teens, including the Greystone Secrets series, the Shadow Children series, the Missing series, the Children of Exile series, and lots of stand-alones. Haddix and her husband, Doug, now live in Columbus, Ohio, where they raised their two kids. You can learn more about her at haddixbooks.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Leigh

I read this a VERY long time ago, but I changed the way I taught English because of this book. I taught seventh grade English, and every Friday, I gave my students SSW time (that's Silent Sustained WRITING). I wrote two writing prompts on the board that they could choose from, or they always had a c......more

Goodreads review by Aiko

Don't you dare read this, mrs. Dunphrey by: Margaret Peterson Haddix is a breath-taking, secretive, young adult novel that has some mystery involved and is written in a journal format. It would fit by other books such as Please write in this book by: Mary Amato and We were liars by: E. Lockhart. Do......more

Goodreads review by PinkAmy loves books, cats and naps

When Tish’s English teacher Mrs. Dunphrey tells students she won’t read their journals the sixteen-year-old begins opening up about home difficulties. As things at home escalate, Mrs. Dunphrey might be the only one who can help. From sexual harassment to domestic violence Tish is in way over her head......more

Goodreads review by Megan

I started reading Dont you dear about 2 weeks ago. It was a diary of a young teenage girl in high school. Tish is her name and she had an english teacher who wanted the whole class to write in a journal a few times a week and she promised she wouldnt read the entries if the students didnt want her t......more