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When I opened it up to start reading, it got my attention in another way - a sweep-you-away-in-the-story kind of way. First, it got my attention because the titles of our books are so similar. But one title REALLY caught my eye: Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller.

I heard from wonderful writers - some whose works I knew and some who were new to me. Last spring, I issued an invitation to authors of historical fiction, to send me information about their books for a presentation I’m doing this fall at the New York State Reading Association Conference.

So begins one of the chapters in Sarah Miller‘s debut novel Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller, and her quote from Annie Sullivan describes just how I felt when I finished this magical book.

Anne Sullivan to Sophia Hopkins, March 1887 “My heart is singing for joy this morning.”