Christy Miller

Christy Miller, the title character in Robin Jones Gunn’s Christy Miller series, is your everyday fourteen-year old girl. Christy gets herself into many everyday trials and tricky situations. The usual outgoing and friendly teenager is shy and lonely when she goes to visit her Aunt Marti and Uncle Bob for the summer in Newport Beach, California in their beach house. Having never been there before, she doesn’t know anyone. Due to Christy’s shining personality, she ends up meeting many interesting people. Readers see Christy grow and make decisions that have an impact on her life to change forever.

After unpacking and getting settled, Christy walks to the beach where she meets a girl named Alissa. Alissa is nice and friendly, allowing Christy to feel more comfortable in the new environment.  After spending hours at the beach reading a book and talking with her new friend, Christy goes back to her temporary home feeling confident. Aunt Marti later takes Christy out to get new clothes and a haircut. Christy goes from lonely and shy to confident, happy and excited to start her vacation with a whole new look.

Later, Christy meets the cute surfer Todd Spencer and all his friends. Meeting all these people cause Christy to be more comfortable and more like her old, outgoing self, although Christy is still a little shy and nervous. Todd and the rest of his friends are all nice and outgoing. Christy builds up the courage to ask them to teach her to surf. Every day that Christy spends with them, she feels better and more open to them, especially Todd.

At the age of fifteen, Christy meets a boy named Rick at her church. The become close friends and he promises her that he will take her out on her sixteenth birthday since that is the age she is allowed to date. Although, on her sixteenth birthday, Christy is away and cannot go out with Rick. When Christy gets back, Rick and Christy go out. The date is awkward and she develops mixed feelings for Rick. Her friends like Rick and don’t understand why Christy doesn’t. After dating for a long time, Christy and Rick break up.

Towards the end of the series, Christy goes through many trials as she faces graduation and college. She goes to England with her friend Katie where she meets Sierra Jenson and later meets up with her again. Two of her good friends get married, and expect a baby. After the series, there is another book, which concludes the series called Christy and Todd: College Years. In this book, Christy and Todd end up planning their own wedding. Christy is a new woman as she starts her own Family with Todd.