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

Winner of the Newbery Medal

A New York Times bestseller A USA Today bestseller A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Best Book of the Year A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year A Chicago Public Library Best Kids' Book of the Year A PEN America's Best Children's Books An NCTE Charlotte Huck Award Honor Book A Horn Book Fanfare Selection Book A BCCB Blue Ribbon Book

#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 read it is to see how many shades there are in grief, and to know that someone understands.

Author: Renée Watson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 02/04/2025
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.32h x 5.76w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9781547605897
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5
Point Value: 3
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 556548 / All the Blues in the Sky


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/04/2024
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2025
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2025
Booklist 01/01/2025 pg. 72
Shelf Awareness 02/01/2025
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2025 pg. 87
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2025 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

About the Author

Renée Watson is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. Her novel All the Blues in the Sky won the Newbery Medal, and Piecing Me Together received a Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award. Her books include the Ryan Hart series, Some Places More Than Others, This Side of Home, What Momma Left Me, Betty Before X, cowritten with Ilyasah Shabazz, Watch Us Rise, cowritten with Ellen Hagan, and Love Is a Revolution, as well as acclaimed picture books: Summer Is Here, Maya's Song, The 1619 Project: Born on the Water, written with Nikole Hannah-Jones, A Place Where Hurricanes Happen, and Harlem's Little Blackbird, which was nominated for an NAACP Image Award. Renée splits her time between Portland, Oregon and New York City.
www.reneewatson.net
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