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I've worked in libraries and book stores since I was 15, and I'm here now in large part because I had the good fortune to work for six years at Halfway Down the Stairs, an award-winning independent children's book store, where I was constantly up to my elbows in new and upcoming children's lit.

Oh, and I wrote a book. It's called MISS SPITFIRE: REACHING HELEN KELLER.

ps: I didn't write "Inside the Mind of Gideon Rayburn." That's another Sarah Miller's doing...]]> female 1979/08/21 294499 31189 1416925422 9781416925422 144 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184628981m/31189.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184628981s/31189.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31189.Miss_Spitfire_Reaching_Helen_Keller 4.11 349 For Annie, reaching Helen's mind meant losing teeth as raging fists flew. It meant standing up when everyone else had given up. It meant shedding tears at the frustrations and at the triumphs. By telling this inspiring story from Annie Sullivan's point of view, Sarah Miller's debut novel brings an amazing figure to sharp new life. Annie's past, her brazen determination, and her connection to the girl who would call her Teacher have never been clearer.

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