Kate’s 2¢: “Orange for the Sunsets by Tina Athaide

“Orange for the Sunsets by Tina Athaide

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

While Athaide stresses the characters are fictional, I can’t help but wonder if she used herself as the model for Asha’s older sister.

I know this is a rhetorical question, but, when will the bullying, demeaning, greed, and killing stop?  When will people figure out that, no matter the skin color, humans all bleed red blood?

I’m not sure the target audience will come away with the message that friendship and love are forever.

From:  https://tinaathaide.com/blog

Tina Athaide was born in Uganda and grew up in London and Canada. While her family left Entebbe just prior to the expulsion, she has memories of refugee family and friends staying with them.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Orange for the sunsets DB96946

Athaide, Tina. Reading time: 5 hours, 45 minutes.

Read by Kristin Allison.

Friendship Fiction

Historical Fiction

Friends Asha and Yesofu, one Indian and one African, find their world turned upside down when Idi Amin decides to expel Asian Indians from Uganda in 1972. For grades 4-7. 2019.