All the Blues in the Sky

Description Share Post All the Blues in the Sky Renée Watson (Bloomsbury Children’s Books) On her thirteenth birthday, Sage’s best friend was supposed to join Sage to celebrate. There was a sleepover planned. Instead, a drunk driver killed Sage’s best friend. Now, Sage attends Ms Carver’s Grief group with another four bereaved. However, Sage tries not to show how she feels about Ana and Zay’s experiences. After all, they had the opportunity to say goodbye to their loved ones. It wasn’t like that for Sage, or Ebony or DD. Their loved ones were wrenched away. How did that happen? Why? As Sage struggles through the month and week and day since her best friend was killed, readers spy tulip-like shoots. For example, there is Kofi, who likes her. Then again, there’s Mr Dixon’s maths class, where Sage feels in control. Furthermore, there’ are friendship shoots with Ebony. However, nobody will be like her best friend. Renée Watson‘s Newbery Award novel is told in verse and vignette. This means that the story is personal. It unfolds before us as Sage makes sense, gaining perspective of life with and without her best friend. Meanwhile, she considers others’ experiences of death. Isn’t death like All the Blues in the Sky? Doesn’t everyone experience it? In different ways, after all? Like Auntie Iri, and Dad, for example? Then, Sage’s best friend’s big sister, Brielle? Like the picture book Where Did She Go?, this is a really insightful, emotionally aware book. We recommend All the Blues in the Sky to mature, emotionally aware readers.