Orange for the Sunsets

By - Tina Athaide

Floor - Floor 3

Published - Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, NY, 2019

ISBN 10 - 0062795295

ISBN 13 - 9780062795298

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Social classes

Shelf No - 3

Call Number - 813 ATH

Physical Description - 328 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Book Information

From debut author Tina Athaide comes a soaring tale of empathy, hope, and resilience, as two best friends living under Ugandan President Amin’s divisive rule must examine where—and who—they call home. Perfect for fans of Half from the East and Inside Out and Back Again. Asha and her best friend, Yesofu, never cared about the differences between them: Indian. African. Girl. Boy. Short. Tall. But when Idi Amin announces that Indians have ninety days to leave the country, suddenly those differences are the only things that people in Entebbe can see—not the shared after-school samosas or Asha cheering for Yesofu at every cricket game. Determined for her life to stay the same, Asha clings to her world tighter than ever before. But Yesofu is torn, pulled between his friends, his family, and a promise of a better future. Now as neighbors leave and soldiers line the streets, the two friends find that nothing seems sure—not even their friendship. Tensions between Indians and Africans intensify and the deadline to leave is fast approaching. Could the bravest thing of all be to let each other go?

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