Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

Miss Spitfire, reaching Helen Keller, Sarah Miller

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Miss Spitfire, reaching Helen Keller, Sarah Miller
Language
eng
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Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
Miss Spitfire
Responsibility statement
Sarah Miller
Sub title
reaching Helen Keller
Summary
Sarah Miller's accomplished debut presents a fictionalized account of Anne Sullivan's life and her time as Helen Keller's teacher. Arriving at Ivy Green in 1887, Anne was a partially blind orphan who had been tasked with teaching the difficult blind, deaf, and mute girl to communicate. Anne quickly learned, along with Helen, that "words are a miracle." "A strong portrait ... stirring ..."-Booklist, starred review
Target audience
juvenile
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