Christy Huddleston

Christy Rudd Huddleston is a nineteen-year-old volunteer, giving a year of her life to be a teacher deep in the Smoky Mountains in Cutter Gap. Christy has high ideas of "helping" the mountain people by becoming the teacher for their school. Little does she know that she is embarking on a journey that will permanently change her life. Up until the time she leaves for Cutter Gap, Christy has known a life of plenty and luxury with the biggest problem being which shoes or hat to buy for a social event. Her very first night at El Pano, she has to grow up, find her own way to the boarding house, and then persuade the postman to take her on a seven mile walk though the snow and ice that are too deep for a horse to travel. Initially, Christy's spunk and determination are what get her...