Miss Spitfire : reaching Helen Keller.

Title
Miss Spitfire : reaching Helen Keller.

Personal Author EPSB
Sarah Elizabeth. Miller

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.

Year Published
2010,
 
2007

Physical Description
208, [22] p. : illus. ; 20 cm.

Age Interest level
"Ages 10-12"--P. [4] of cover.

Program Information
Gr. 5+

Personal Subject
Sullivan, Annie, 1866-1936-Fiction.
 
Keller, Helen, 1880-1968-Fiction.

Subject
Deafblind women -- United States -- Fiction.
 
Teachers of deafblind people -- United States -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
Alabama -- History -- 1819-1950 -- Fiction.

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
9781442408517

Publisher
Toronto : Simon & Schuster, 2010, c2007.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
MalmoF MILBook30186000069196Fiction