—SCBWI for the work-in-progress grant that motivated me to persevere.
—Louise and Trixie for reading earlier versions and planting seeds of inspiration.
—the Kampala and Entebbe Goan Institutes for permission to use the photographs.
—Rebecca Aronson for taking a chance on this story and joining me on a path of firsts—first acquisition for an editor and first novel for a writer. You are incredible.
—Mabel Hsu and the team at Katherine Tegen Books for embracing this story and designing a brilliant book.
—the families and people affected by Idi Amin’s expulsion order. I am in awe of how you persevered in the face of adversity. He forced you to leave everything, but he couldn’t take away your determination, resilience, and spirit for life. Thank you for allowing me to tell your story.
And finally . . .
—the biggest thanks to my husband and daughter for your unwavering support.
About the Author
Photo by Katherine North, KMichaels Portraiture
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 in their London home. The stories and conversations she listened to through the years became the inspiration for this book. Tina now lives in California with her husband, Ron, and their daughter, Isabella.
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Copyright
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ORANGE FOR THE SUNSETS. Copyright © 2019 by Tina Athaide. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Athaide, Tina, author.
Title: Orange for the sunsets / Tina Athaide.
Description: First edition. | New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2019] | Summary: In alternating voices, 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.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018021529 | ISBN 978-0-06-279529-8 (hardback)
Subjects: | CYAC: Friendship--Fiction. | Social classes--Fiction. | Ethnic relations--Fiction. | East Indians--Uganda--Fiction. | Family life--Uganda--Fiction. | Forced migration--Uganda--Fiction. | Amin, Idi, 1925-2003--Fiction. | Uganda--History--1971-1979--Fiction. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Africa. | JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues/ Friendship. | JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Africa.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.A887 Or 2019 | DDC [Fic]--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018021529
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Digital Edition APRIL 2019 ISBN: 978-0-06-279531-1
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-279529-8
1920212223CG/LSCH10987654321
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