Imagine being best friends with one person and they have to leave your life forever because of what others think of their kind. In the book, “Orange for the Sunsets’ ‘ by Tina Athaide that’s exactly what happens. There are two characters Asha and Yesofu who have been friends their whole life, no one could separate them. One day on a sunny evening while outside, Yesofus mom gets an alert from her friend and is shocked by what she just heard. The Ugandan President has stated that “all Indians have 90 days to leave Uganda”. What struck first to Yesofus mind was what were they going to do without his friend., but he couldn’t jump to that conclusion just yet. They had to have a solution, they couldn’t let the president separate the bestest of friends. They would come up with solutions like hiding out with Yesofu. They would run from the cops, later in the book they would find any sort of solutions for them not to be separated from one another. Will Asha be forced to leave and not hide with Yesofu from the government or will Yesofu put their friendship first and risk it all? Find out by reading Orange for the Sunsets by Tina Athaide.
If you liked Orange for the Sunsets by Tina Athaide you might also enjoy A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen. Characters in both stories face hatred by powerful leaders, which leads them to getting told what to do, and when to do it or else they face a dangerous consequence. In the book”A Night Divided Gerta”, the main character, faces family issues because of their family dividing. Gerta, her mom and her brother Fritz, are both trapped on the Eastern side by the Soviet Union and the other side of her family trapped on the Western side. Gerta knows she will get in great trouble if she looks at the wall, yet she cant bother but look at it. One day when Gerta is out and about, she finds her dad on a platform doing a dance trying to tell her to dig a tunnel so their family can reunite again. The risk Gerta and her family would have to take to get to the West End would be deadly. Will Gerta and the rest of her family in the Soviet Union take the risk or will they stick with their side for the rest of their life? To find out , read “A Night Divided” by Jennifer A. Nielsen but don’t forget to read “Orange for the Sunsets” by Tina Athaide.