Then Miss Agnes Sutterfield comes to her town and everything changes.  They never had a teacher like her before. Miss Agnes warms the schoolhouse before students arrive in the morning and doesn't seem to b bothered by their habits.  She puts away the old school books and teaches them about their history.  At night she teaches the children and their parents. 

Because my dad used to live in Alaska, I liked this book, because it gave me an idea of how his life was then.  Miss Agnes shows that anyone can be part of a community if you have an open mind to different ways of doing things.