Seeing Lessons: The Story of Abigail Carter and America's First School for Blind People

By Spring Hermann

In 1832, when Abigail Carter was only ten years old, two doctors from Boston invited her to be one of the first students in an experimental institution: a school for blind people. Abby and her younger sister Sophia, also blind, packed their bags and headed to the city. For the first time in their lives, the two girls were able to read a book for themselves and to write a letter to their father. This small start-up school developed into the Perkins School for the Blind. From this school graduated Annie Sullivan, Helen Keller's influential teacher. Readers who love Helen Keller's story won't want to miss this inspiring story of courage and perseverance.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805057064
• ISBN13: 9780805057065
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 163 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

An inspiring story of a girl overcoming her blindness.

Abigail Carter is only ten years old in 1832, and her sister, Sophia, is even younger. But the sisters, both blind since birth, are to be two of the first six students at America's first school for blind people. The city of Boston is strange and overwhelming to the two country girls who never left their small Massachusetts farm before, but they not only survive and overcome their homesickness, but triumph, learning to read and write and be independent. This was a truly inspiring story.