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Tish is has to deal with home. It's not that easy for her. She has to take care of her brother Matt, who is only a first grader. She liked it when her grandmother was still alive.“I wish so bad that Grandma were still alive.She would know what to do about mom”. (29). She also likes Matt.Though she buys the gifts that might not be worth it,she still cares about him.. What about her parents? Her relationship with her parents is not good. Her mom only cares about dad.”They are horrible.I Hate them-hate them,hate them hate them! (41).Tish doesnt even care if they move somewhere else.Or whats even surprising, that she wishes that they were dead.Well,
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Most of her journal entries are “Don’t Read Entries”. This means that Mrs Dunphrey will not read the entries that are labeled “Don’t Read this”. For Tish, it was great opportunity because she has many problems in her life. She desperately needed someone to talk to. It didn't matter to her if it is a notebook.However, she won't let anyone read this. Almost all of her entries were “Do not read entries”. Mrs.Dunphrey always asks weather if Tish is write an entry that that she will be allowed to read. However Tish started to fall down like a mountain, she started to become more desperate. She needed someone, a person, to talk to. Tish’s only hope was now Mrs.Dunphrey.

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In this paragraph this is all about Tish.Tish is one scattered person. smart,mean,loving, hates dating,desperate, all scattered!. “I am C student. Sometimes I get B’s when I get lucky.” (7). She never studies. She does not like dating boys. Though all her friends like to date, she still has no interest. The only 2 people she she really likes in her house is her grandma who is already dead, and her little brother Matt. “I wish so bad that Grandma were still alive.She would know what to do about mom”.
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She is very desperate. Some of her secrets hurt to much to share. She had to let these feelings out some way. So when Mrs. Dunphrey assigned a reading assignment to everyone and promised that she will not read the entries that are marked “Do not read this ”. So Tish wrote all of her secrets down and marked them “Do not read this”. However, the tables turned when things started to get worse for Tish. There was only one to solve this problem and it was her reading teacher, Mrs.Dunphrey. “I’ve thought and thought and thought about all my problems-You’ll know what I mean soon-and I decided the best thing I could do would be to gibe this journal to you,Mrs Dunphrey, and just have you read the whole thing.I mean it-everything from start to finish all the entries I’d marked “Don’t read”. (114). Tish knew that this was the best way to solve all her problems. Tish knew that Mrs.Dunphrey will understand what she has been going

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