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1) Christy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 29
Language
English
Formats
Description
The train taking nineteen-year-old teacher Christy Huddleston from her home in Asheville, North Carolina, might as well be transporting her to another world. The Smoky Mountain community of Cutter Gap feels suspended in time, trapped by poverty, superstitions, and century-old traditions. But as Christy struggles to find acceptance in her new home, some see her--and her one-room school--as a threat to their way of life. Her faith is challenged and...
Publisher
Feature Films for Families
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
This television adaptation features Lauren Lee Smith as the 19-year-old schoolteacher who flounders and perseveres in an isolated mountain community in the early 1900s. Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Great Smokey Mountains, this 89-minute film begins with an elderly Christy returning to the long-abandoned mission where she once taught. Her memories center around a time when change was coming to Cutter Gap--some for the better, some not,...
Publisher
Trimark Home Video
Pub. Date
2001, c2000
Language
English
Description
Young schoolteacher Christy Huddleston questions her faith when her best friend dies of typhoid. Meanwhile, Dr. MacNeill struggles to save as many lives as he can from the disease which has overwhelmed their mountain community.
4) Christy
Publisher
Goodtimes Home Video
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
A young teacher goes to the Blue Ridge Mountains to teach the impoverished rural children of the region.