Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey

Teen & Young Adult Fiction about Physical & Emotional Abuse

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 no….Read More

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