Don't You Dare Read This Mrs. Dunphrey By Margaret Peterson Haddix

For English class, all Tish Bonner has to do is to write in her journal. She writes “Don’t Read” on top of her journals so her teacher Mrs. Dunphrey knows Tish is writing the assignments without actually reading them. She thought nothing much about it, but soon it would become her only friend as she must take care of herself and her brother as her father leaves town and her mother becomes an emotional wreck (Book image from Follett Titlewave).