VVMBookBlog

Don’t you Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Tish has many challenges in her life.  One of these challenges is writing twice a week in a journal for Mrs. Dunphrey.  It is made easier since Mrs. Dunphrey has promised not to read the entries labeled “Don’t read.”  Actually the journal is one of the better things in Tish’s life.  Her mother is rarely home, and her father has left (come back, left…).  She works at Burger Boy with a supervisor who is not real tolerable.  In addition to all of this, she seems to be the only one taking care of her little brother.

Don’t you Dare Read this, Mrs. Dunphrey is a book I’ve seen students reading for years, but I had never read.  After reading this book it is easy to see why students like it and realize its popularity over the years.