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"n the book Don't You Dare Read This Mrs. Dunphrey , by Margaret Peterson Haddix, Tish Bonner has to write in a journal for her English class. At first she thought the assignment was a drag, but eventually it was the only friend she could turn to. Tish puts the heading "Don't you dare read" or "Don't Read" on the top of her journals and her teacher agreed to only check to see if she was writing without reading the journals.
Tish's father was never around. He leaves for months, sometimes years before he return to only fight with her mother and spend her mothers money and then leave again. Tish would rather her father leave for good. Tish's mother is a basket case and goes into a depression every time Tish's father leaves town. Due to Tish's mother's lack of sanity she neglects both Tish and Tish's younger brother Matt. Tish does her best to take care of her brother Matt by working at a Burger Boy restaurant.
Tish's Mother eventually leaves both Tish and Matt to go find their father in California. Leaving the kids with nothing, no money or food. Tish is afraid of being separated from her brother, so she doesn't tell any adults about her mother leaving them and tries to take on all the responsibilities herself. When Tish gets fired from the Burger Boy and is unable to find another job she realizes she is unable to take care of Matt and herself so then she turns to her English teacher. She told her teacher to read all the entries she had previously written the heading "Don't read" on, which told about her situation at home. With the teacher's help Tish and Matt were reunited with their mother and grandparents they had never met before who took them in and cared for them."
yassmin, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Age group of kid(s) in story:
- grade school
Parents/lack of parents problem?
- orphan story
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- society
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a lot
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 ()
United States
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Unusual Style:
- written like a journal/diary/letters
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