# Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey

**Author:** Margaret Peterson Haddix
**Grade range:** Grades 6–9
**Age range:** 11–14
**First published:** 1996
**Page count:** 125
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780689800979`
**ISBN-10:** `0689800975`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/dont-you-dare-read-this-mrs-dunphrey
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Themes

- child abuse
- diaries
- fathers and daughters
- father-daughter relationship

## Where this book is recommended

### Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award

- **recommended** · 6th grade · Maryland — [source: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 1999 winner (Grades 6-8)](https://www.maslmd.org/past-winners)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · Maryland — [source: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 1999 winner (Grades 6-8)](https://www.maslmd.org/past-winners)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · Maryland — [source: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 1999 winner (Grades 6-8)](https://www.maslmd.org/past-winners)

### Nebraska Golden Sower Award

- **recommended** · 6th grade · Nebraska — [source: Nebraska Library Association — Golden Sower Award past winners, 2000 winner (Novel)](https://nlc.nebraska.gov/Youth/GoldenSowerPastWinnersandNominees.pdf)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · Nebraska — [source: Nebraska Library Association — Golden Sower Award past winners, 2000 winner (Novel)](https://nlc.nebraska.gov/Youth/GoldenSowerPastWinnersandNominees.pdf)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · Nebraska — [source: Nebraska Library Association — Golden Sower Award past winners, 2000 winner (Novel)](https://nlc.nebraska.gov/Youth/GoldenSowerPastWinnersandNominees.pdf)
- **recommended** · 9th grade · Nebraska — [source: Nebraska Library Association — Golden Sower Award past winners, 2000 winner (Novel)](https://nlc.nebraska.gov/Youth/GoldenSowerPastWinnersandNominees.pdf)

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