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Author:

Miller, Sarah Elizabeth.

Title:

Miss Spitfire : reaching Helen Keller Sarah Miller.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

208 p. : ill.

Subject:

Alabama--Fiction.--1819-1950--Fiction.
Alabama--Juvenile fiction.--1819-1950--Juvenile fiction.
Blind--Fiction.
Blind--Juvenile fiction.
Deaf--Fiction.
Deaf--Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.
Keller, Helen, 1880-1968--Fiction.
Keller, Helen, 1880-1968--Juvenile fiction.
People with disabilities--Fiction.
People with disabilities--Juvenile fiction.
Sullivan, Annie, 1866-1936--Fiction.
Sullivan, Annie, 1866-1936--Juvenile fiction.
Teachers--Fiction.
Teachers--Juvenile fiction.

Notes:

2010-2011 Iowa Children's Choice Award Nominee. Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

At age twenty-one, partially-blind, lonely but spirited Annie Sullivan travels from Massachusetts to Alabama to try and teach six-year-old Helen Keller, deaf and blind since age two, self-discipline and communication skills. Includes historical notes and timeline.

ISBN:

1442408510
9781442408517

Locations:

XBPE737 -- Lied Public Library - Clarinda (Clarinda)