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Title:
The miracle worker
Author:
Gibson, William, 1914-2008.
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st Scribner trade pbk. ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Scribner, 2008.
Physical Description:
112 pages ; 21 cm
Summary:
A text of the television play set in the 1880s, intended for reading, of Anne Sullivan Macy's attempts to teach her pupil, Helen Keller, to communicate.

Based on the remarkable true story of Helen Keller and her teacher Annie Sullivan, this inspiring and unforgettable play has moved countless readers and become an American classic. Young Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute since infancy, is in danger of being sent to an institution because her inability to communicate has left her frustrated and violent. In desperation, her parents seek help from the Perkins Institute, which sends them a "half-blind Yankee schoolgirl" name Annie Sullivan to tutor their daughter. Despite the Kellers' resistance and the belief that Helen "is like a little safe, locked, that no one can open, " Annie suspects that within Helen lies the potential for more, if only she can reach her. Through persistence, love, and sheer stubbornness, Annie breaks through Helen's walls of silence and darkness and teaches her to communicate, bringing her into the world at last. - Back cover.
Language:
English
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.2 4.0 745.
ISBN:
9781416590842
Format :
Book