All the Blues in the Sky

By: Renée Watson

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Bloomsbury presents All the Blues in the Sky by Renée Watson, read by Bahni Turpin.

Winner of the Newbery Medal | Audie Award Winner for Middle Grade | A New York Times bestseller | A USA Today bestseller

#1 New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Medal winner Renée 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 engage with it is to see how many shades there are in grief, and to know that someone understands.

©2025 Renée Watson (P)2025 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Good Read

Nicely and well done. It was a very entertaining and thought invoking read. Enjoyed it quite a bit.

Beautifully written

This book made me feel all the feels. I love the main character. Joy and pain can absolutely happen simultaneously.