Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller
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Annie Sullivan was little more than a half-blind orphan with a fiery tongue when she arrived at Ivy Green in 1887. Desperate for work, she'd taken on a seemingly impossible job-teaching a child who was deaf, blind, and as ferocious as any wild animal. But if anyone was a match for Helen Keller, it was the girl who'd been nicknamed Miss Spitfire. In her efforts to reach Helen's mind, Annie lost ... More
Book Information
Publisher | Atheneum Books For Young Readers |
Binding | Paperback (5 editions) |
Reading Level | Young Adults |
# of Pages | 240 |
ISBN-10 | 1442408510 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1442408517 |
Publication Date | 08/31/2010 |
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10/7/2009 Sharon Koontz said: 1173932
tags: young adult, waw_2010_up, historical fiction, disabilities
tags: young adult, waw_2010_up, historical fiction, disabilities
12/17/2007 Stephenie Hovland said:
tags: I read
I read this over the weekend. I couldn't wait to read it. Something about the cover is so inviting.
This is the Helen Keller story from Annie Sullivan's point of view. It gives more background about Annie that I had ever read before. We see the day Annie gets on the train to travel to her new st... more
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8/3/2007 Becky Laney said:
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Miller Sarah. 2007. Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller. I don't quite remember when I first saw the movie The Miracle Worker but I do remember it making a great impact on me. I remember being fascinated with finger spelling particularly the famous w-a-t-e-r and d-o-l-l. I do know that at some p... more
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