Ten-year-old Fred doesnt think that the new teacher in town will last very long. After all， they never do. Most teachers who come to their one-room schoolhouse in Alaska leave at the first smell1 of fish. They all said that life there is just too hard.

十歲的弗雷德認(rèn)為鎮(zhèn)上的新老師不會堅持多久。畢竟，他們從來沒人能做到。大多數(shù)教師來到他們位于阿拉斯加偏遠(yuǎn)地區(qū)的單間校舍時，一聞到魚腥味就馬上離開了，都聲稱那里的生活實在太艱難了。

But Miss Agnes is different： She helps her students， and finds new ways to teach them to read and write. She even takes a special interest in Freds sister， Bokko. She has never come to school before because she is deaf. For the first time， Fred， Bokko， and their classmates begin to enjoy their lessons. But will Miss Agnes be like all the rest and leave as quickly as she comes？

但艾格尼絲小姐不同：她會幫助學(xué)生，找新的方法教他們讀寫。她甚至對弗雷德的妹妹博科特別感興趣，因為博科是聾啞人，從來沒有上過學(xué)。弗雷德、博科和同學(xué)們第一次開始享受他們的課堂，但是艾格尼絲小姐會像其他人一樣，一到這就馬上離開嗎？