Miller, Sarah Elizabeth, 1979-

Miss Spitfire : reaching Helen Keller / Sarah Miller. - New York : Scholastic, c2007. - 208 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references.

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: 9780545203241 (pbk.) ;

LCCN: 2006014738

Subjects--Personal Names:
Keller, Helen, 1880-1968 --Fiction.
Sullivan, Annie, 1866-1936 --Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Blind--Fiction.
Deaf--Fiction.
People with disabilities--Fiction.
Teachers--Fiction.
Historical fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Alabama--Fiction.
Alabama--History--1819-1950--Fiction.