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Summary: Familar
Review: "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 and it suddenly got better. I started reading it and it pulled me in. It reminded me of my life. Tish Bonner is the main character she is 16; she has to deal with some of the same things I do in my real life. This book just interested me it; was weird how things were happening to her and it was like I know exactly how she feels. Like she has to try and help around the house because her mom is depressed, because of things that happen between her and Tish's dad. Tish doesn't know what to do about it; she tries to be the grown up and take care of her little brother.
I thought this was a great book because it pulls you into the story and you're thinking "whoa, what would I do?" It makes you feel like you're in her place, and you know how she feels. I could really relate to this book.
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Summary: A Poem in the Point of View of Tish
Review: A Poem in the Point of View of Tish All my secrets locked away, Added onto day-by-day, "Don't You Dare Read This" or you will see, What's really happening to me. by: Britt D, grade 8, HA English, John Barrett Middle School, Sacramento, California
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Summary: Using "Don't you dare . . ." in the classroom
Review: After reading this book on tape, I dedicded to use it in my high-school English classroom. I read one chapter every few days to my students. It has really inspired them to write in their own journals.
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Summary: A cry for help
Review: As a teacher, I often think about the lives of my students outside the classroom. Are they okay? Are they getting enough to eat? Is someone there when they need help? How would I know if they had problems at home? Tish Bonner is the kind of student it's easy to overlook: quiet, seemingly bored in school. Yet her life at home is troubled. Her depressed mother spends most of her time at home, yearning for her estranged husband, who abandoned the family. Tish must take on the responsibility of supporting the family, including her young brother. Tish hides her problems from the world, confiding only in the journal that began as an assignment for English class, but expanded beyond mindless homework to become an outlet for her emotions of sadness and desperation. Unfortunately, Tish marks every entry "do not read," preventing her teacher from understanding her situation and providing help. Tish's diary entries are increasingly panicked and worrisome, as the condition of her situation at home deteriorates. Haddix does a great job of taking the reader into Tish's thoughts, and creating suspense as we wait for her to reach out to someone. A recommended book for middle school aged readers and their teachers.
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Summary: How warm!
Review: Daring to say, this is a story fit for a theme "Family in Crisis". The situation surroundjng the heroine is desperate, but the atomosphere is not wet and dark at all. I think that this is because the author succeeded in making nice and good characters in it. This is a really heartwarming story.
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Summary: Don't you dare read this Mrs. Dunphrey review
Review: Don't you dare read this by Margaret Peterson Haddix is about Tish Bonner who has to write in a journal for mrs. Dunphrey's English class. In the journal she writes about her life. Her mom just sit's in front of the T.V. and acts like Tish doesn't even exsist. So it's up to Tish to take care of her brother. The question is is if Mrs. Dunphrey will read the journal and how will Tish handle her problems. This book is thrilling, exciting, and a sad story. It's an awesome book.
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Summary: Don't You Dare Read this Mrs. Dumphrey
Review: Don't you Dare Read this Mrs. Dumphrey by Margaret Peterson Haddix is a realistic fiction book containing 114 pages. It is about a young girl named Jen who is having problems at home with her parents. At school, she writes about these problems in a journal. One day Jen forgets to write "Don't read this" next to the entry. Mrs. Dumphrey reads it and wants her to publish it in the "Lone Star Magazine". This is a must read! Haddix uses great descriptive and visual words that pull you into the story. She writes with a style that leaves you sitting on the edge of your seat and wanting more. I give it five stars!
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Summary: This is a great book for teenagers
Review: 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. The story starts off in English class, where everyone in Mrs. Dunphrey's class is to keep a journal. Mrs. Dunphrey promises not to read any entries marked "Do not read this." A girl named Tish Bonner never takes any assignments like this seriously. But as this point in her life she desperately needs to talk to someone because of the things that are happening in her life. Tish Bonner ends up writing in this notebook which she doesn't let anyone read. The thing I liked about Tish Bonner was that she was brave enough to write events that happened in her life. As the days go by in Tish's life things go out of control. Her entries become more dangerous and very secret. She doesn't know whether to keep writing in her journal or not because she's not sure if she is risking everything by putting all of the events that are happening in her life in this journal of hers. I learned from this book that responsibility is a big thing and very important when it's left in all your hands.
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Summary: ~REWIEW~ (also school book report)
Review: Don't You Dare Read this Mrs. Dunphrey is written in the form of a diary. It is also a class requirement for Tish. Tish is faced with family difficulties, financial problems, and failing school. She thinks school is stupid and hates it. Eventually, Tish learns to treat the journal as a person and tells her story to it. She is able to express her anger through words and although she hates to admit it, this is the one class she enjoys. Don't You Dare Read this Mrs. Dunphrey was a great page-gripping book and I highly recommend it.
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Summary: A Story At Its Best
Review: 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 and stop reading it. The story was geared more towards teenagers making it easy for me to understand and feel the main character's emotions. In my opinion there were rarely any parts of the book that were disappointing, adding to the book's interest. The author utilized a unique format, clear characterization, and an essential setting in her book.
Margaret Peterson Haddix, who is the author of Don't You Dare Read This Mrs. Dunphrey wrote this book with a very unique format. The book's format is journal entries of the main character's life. This format became slightly tiresome, yet for the most part it wasn't a problem for me. Margaret Peterson Haddix writes about Tish Bonner, who is the main character, having to keep a journal for an English assignment at school. As Tish progresses with the assignment, she writes about private secrets and risks everything she holds dear to keep writing them. With this twist of suspense Don't You Dare Read This Mrs. Dunphrey constantly held my attention. In addition to that as I turned each page I grew more eager to find out what happened next.
The characterization done by Margaret Peterson Haddix was very simple and precise. For example there weren't a lot of characters to make the story overwhelming, but there was just enough characters to make it clear. While reading the book I was never confused about which character was being mentioned due to Margaret Peterson Haddix's defined description of them. Most of the characters were described through Tish's point of view rather than a narrator's point of view. I think that this is an interesting way for Margaret Peterson Haddix to portray the characters.
The setting of Don't You Dare Read This Mrs. Dunphrey is mostly in the same place, which is Tish's home. A large part of the story did, however, take place at the school Tish attended and where she worked at her job. Since the setting was always in one of these three places, it was easy to become familiar with the surroundings. The story's setting fit the characters very well. The setting was essential in the book's development. I honestly don't think that the book would have turned out as well as it did if the setting had been different.
To me Don't You Dare Read This Mrs. Dunphrey is a very intensive and superb book all-around because of the plot, characters and setting. Margaret Peterson Haddix wrote the book very skillfully and added a lot of exciting elements. The problems that Tish had in the story may touch close to home for some people, and to others they may be a wake-up call of what some human beings go through. This book was outstanding and I enjoyed reading it so much. I would definitely recommend it for someone to read because I'm positive they would delight in it just as much as I did.
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