All the Blues in the Sky: Winner of the Newbery Medal -- Renée Watson, Hardcover

# 1 New York Times bestselling and Newbery Honor author Ren?e Watson explores friendship, loss, and life with grief in this poignant novel 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. And 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.

Author: Ren?e Watson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 02/04/2025
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781547605897
Audience: Ages 9-12

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/04/2024