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All the Blues in the Sky
- Author
- Renée Watson
- Narrator
- Bahni Turpin
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 9 April 2026
- Run Time
- 2 hours 15 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Winner of the Newbery Medal 2026
New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Medal winner Renée Watson explores friendship, loss and life with grief in this poignant novel told in verse and vignettes.
Sage's thirteenth birthday was supposed to be about movies and treats, staying up late with her best friend and watching the sunrise together.
Instead, it was the day her best friend died.
Without the person she had to hold her secrets and dream with, Sage is lost. In a counseling group with other girls who have lost someone close to them, she learns that not all losses are the same, and healing isn't predictable. There is sadness, loneliness, anxiety, guilt, pain, love. Even as Sage grieves, new, good things enter her life – and she just may find a way to know that she can feel it all.
In accessible, engaging verse and prose, this is a story of a girl's journey to heal, grow, and forgive herself. To read it is to see how many shades there are in grief, and to know that someone understands.
Critics Review
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If you're looking for a story that offers hope in the midst of grief and shines a light on the road back to joy, look no further. All the Blues in the Sky is a gift
Nikki Grimes, bestselling and award-winning author of GARVEY IN THE DARK and A WALK IN THE WOODS
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Brief yet poignant vignettes drive home the immediacy of grief as well as the importance of remaining attune to one's emotions in this tender and heartbreaking interpretation of loss
Publishers Weekly
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Watson has crafted an achingly beautiful novel that masterfully captures the realities of loss. A heartfelt portrait of the complexities of grief and the indomitable human spirit
Kirkus Reviews, starred review
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Details
- Author
- Renée Watson
- Narrator
- Bahni Turpin
- Duration
- 2 hours 15 minutes
- Release Date
- 9 April 2026
- ISBN
- 9781037210419
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories
Synopsis
Bloomsbury presents All the Blues in the Sky by Renée Watson, read by Bahni Turpin.Winner of the Newbery Medal 2026New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Medal winner Renée Watson explores friendship, loss and life with grief in this poignant novel told in verse and vignettes.Sage's thirteenth birthday was supposed to be about movies and treats, staying up late with her best friend and watching the sunrise together. Instead, it was the day her best friend died. Without the person she had to hold her secrets and dream with, Sage is lost. In a counseling group with other girls who have lost someone close to them, she learns that not all losses are the same, and healing isn't predictable. There is sadness, loneliness, anxiety, guilt, pain, love. Even as Sage grieves, new, good things enter her life – and she just may find a way to know that she can feel it all.In accessible, engaging verse and prose, this is a story of a girl's journey to heal, grow, and forgive herself. To read it is to see how many shades there are in grief, and to know that someone understands.
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