Helen Keller: Courage in the Dark

Johanna Hurwitz

May 2010 · Sold by Random House Books for Young Readers

4.1

97 reviews

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About this ebook

When a childhood illness leaves her blind and deaf, Helen Keller's life seems hopeless indeed. But her indomitable will and the help of a devoted teacher empower Helen to triumph over incredible adversity. This amazing true story is finally brought to the beginner reader level.

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4.1

97 reviews

Chandra Prakash Ojha

January 8, 2019

Please don't buy this

Bonnie “Penelope”

May 6, 2023

not actual, copy write and changed from original

Geraldine Victorian

March 18, 2017

I fell bad because they don't know what she wants and she is blind and deaf

6 people found this review helpful

About the author

Johanna Hurwitz received her master’s degree in library science from Columbia University and was working as a children’s librarian when in 1976 she published her first book, Busybody Nora, one of the first chapter books for readers who are transitioning to novels. She has since written more than 60 books for young readers, both fiction and nonfiction, including biographies of Anne Frank, Astrid Lindgren, Helen Keller, and Leonard Bernstein.

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