num_pages: 336
description: A soaring tale of empathy hope and resilience Tina Athaides unforgettable middle grade debut follows two friends whose lives are transformed by Idi Amins decision to expel Indians from Uganda in 1972.Twelve-year-old Asha and her best friend Yesofu never cared about the differences between them: Indian. African. Girl. Boy. Short. Tall. But when Ugandan President Idi Amin announces that Indians have ninety days to leave the country suddenly those differences are the only things that people in Entebbe can seenot 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 that could bring his dreams of university within reach. Now as neighbors leave and soldiers line the streets the two friends find that nothing seems surenot even their friendship. And with only days before the deadline Asha and Yesofu must decide if the bravest thing of all might be to let each other go.
language: English
title: Orange for the Sunsets
publisher: Katherine Tegen Books