The book closes as Grandfather invites Sunny (the banana thief) to become part of the family. In Anything Is Possible Anna's cousins help the village get a school, when the government ignores Grandfather's pleas. Help Sunny! sees Anna and her family stepping in when the young banana thief becomes ill, and needs medical care. Anna Hibiscus Catches a Thief sees Anna chasing after the young boy who steals her banana in the market, only to discover that he is an orphan with no family and no home. In ABC and 123, Anna discovers that the village children her own age are smaller than her because they don't get enough to eat, and withdraws in hurt and confusion until she discovers that she has been helping them after all, by teaching them. The delightful Anna Hibiscus returns in this seventh chapter-book devoted to her doings in "Amazing Africa." Still on holiday in her grandparents' ancestral village, where she traveled in the previous installment, Go Well, Anna Hibiscus!, our heroine here confronts some rather unpleasant realities.
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