Beyond the Laughing Sky Audiobook

In the tradition of E. B. White and Kate DiCamillo comes the magical and moving story of a bird-like boy who longs to fly

Ten-year-old Nashville doesn’t feel like he belongs with his family, in his town, or even in this world. He was hatched from an egg his father found on the sidewalk and has grown into something not quite boy and not quite bird. Despite the support of his loving parents and his adoring sister, Junebug, Nashville wishes more than anything that he could join his fellow birds up in the sky. After all, what's the point of being part bird if you can't even touch the clouds?

With an ear for language and a gift for storytelling, Michelle Cuevas will remind fans of Stuart Little and Where the Mountain Meets the Moon that anything is possible. Even flying.

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“NarratorJoshua Swanson’s youthful-sounding voice is perfect for Nashville…Swanson capturesNashville’s vulnerability as he goes to school among ‘normal’ children, knowing that he doesn’t fit in. He also captures Nashville’s deep longingto learn how to fly. The language of the story is poetic, bringing unusual,delightful images to the mind’s eye. Swanson doesn’t quite convey the mysticalambiance of those passages. He sounds uncomfortable imitating bird calls andspeaks rather than sings the birthday song. But overall, this is a fittingperformance of a touching story.”

— AudioFile