A tree frog in her dinner plate is the least of Annie's problems when she tries to start a school in a remote jungle village on the island of Bangita. As cultural norms and expectations collide, Annie and the Kinta community confuse and frustrate each other, until a scheming small boy puts her life - and his - in mortal danger, and in the path of an even greater clash of lifestyles and values.
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