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Helen Keler by Katherine E. Wilkie Genre: Biography Audrey Bauer

The main characters of this book are Helen Keler and Anne Sullivan. Other inportant characters come in at different parts of the book. Helen's parents come in at the begining of the book. Dr. Bell also comes in within the first 3-5 chapters. In the begining, Helen is in a dark world with no sound. Helen had a desease that left her deaf, blind, and she was thought to be dumb (which means that she can't talk). Since the book is a biography, no one wants anything for the whole story. In the first few chapters, Anne wants to teach Helen some manners, but that is not easy. Helen's parent's had given her whatever she wanted. But that spoiled her. Now, she throws a tempertantrum whenever she dosen't get what she wants. Anne faces lots of challenges in teaching Helen in the first 2 weeks that she is with her. She ends up taking her to Helen's parent's summer house for two weeks to teach her alone. When Helen got into college, she had to stay an extra year because of what people thought of her disabilliteis. I realy loved this book and I hope that you love it, too!

The reason that I nominated this book was because it's different than most of the books that were nominated. And I'm deep in the series of biographies that it's in. They are called "__Childood of Famous Americans"__. I loved the part in the book when Helen smells a box of candy in Anne's room and tries to tackle Anne and get it. Also, I liked the part in the very beginning where Helen finds a key in a door and locks her mother in a room. This is probebly the best book in the series that it's in. I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did!