Waiting for the Sun

Winner 2017 Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature: All-Stars competition

Waiting for the Sun is Elshadai’s first and only book. In this thoughtful and intense novel, we are taken into the dark world of Adonai, a high school student who has lost her sight in an accident. Grief, bitterness, and apathy engulf Adonai, and she is sent to recuperate in the home of an elderly psychiatrist, Dr. Yasin. She resists all hopes of happiness until she meets Dr. Yasin’s bright and cheerful nephew. Together they undertake a journey of healing with courage and love.