num_pages: 40
description: How did Patricia Polacco become a writer? A perfect companion to the classic Thank You Mr. Falker  The Art of Miss Chew  and Mr. Waynes Masterpiece  this book celebrates a teacher who inspired a young Patricia Polacco to become the writer and storyteller she is today. Trisha is nervous about being chosen for Miss Kellers writing class. Killer Keller demands that her students dazzle her with their writing and rumor has it that she has never given an A. The rumors turn out to be all too truetheres just no pleasing Miss Keller. Then an unexpected loss leaves Trisha heartbroken. Thoughts of teachers and grades forgotten she pours out her soul in a personal narrative. And when Miss Keller reads it she tells Trisha Youve given your words wings.
language: English
title: An A From Miss Keller
publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers