Helen Keller

From the Series On My Own Biography

  • Interest Level: Grade 2 - Grade 4
  • Reading Level: Grade 3

Trapped in silence and darkness, Helen Keller longed to communicate with the world. Both deaf and blind, she struggled to express the thoughts locked in her mind. When Annie Sullivan became her teacher she learned to sign, read, and write. After graduating from college, Keller spent the rest of her life travelling around the world as an advocate for the deaf and blind.

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978-0-87614-038-3
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Interest Level Grade 2 - Grade 4
Reading Level Grade 3
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Narrative Nonfiction
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Brand On My Own Books
Imprint Millbrook Press ™
Language English
Publication Date 2002-08-01
Text Type Narrative Nonfiction
BISACS JNF007020, JNF007110, JNF007120
Dewey 362.4'1'092
Graphics Full-color illustrations
Guided Reading Level N
ATOS Reading Level 3.5
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 66263
Accelerated Reader® Points 0.5
Features Afterword, Reviewed, Teaching Guides, and Timeline

Reviews

School Library Journal

“With short, easy sentences and plenty of white space enveloping the large typeface, this biography is just right for emerging readers. Keller’s story unfolds at a fast, reader-friendly pace. Poignant, soft-focused watercolor illustrations complement the text.”
School Library Journal