Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller

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