A dystopian science-fiction story, Where the Skies are Blue follows 10-year-old Charlie Freeland as he traverses the perils of a world where the blue sky hasn’t been visible in over 70 years. 

Charlie’s mundane life as an assistant to his mother, a widowed craftswoman, finds new light when he begins having dreams of a blue sky. Upon bringing up these dreams with his terminally ill mother, our young protagonist learns the unfortunate truth: decades of global war not only erased the world below, but the beauty above it too.  

The only thing this knowledge changes for Charlie is that the world now seems even more depressing than before… that is until he is sent to deliver a newly crafted wheelchair to the local Native American “gypsy”, Mr. Luther. 

After learning from Mr. Luther that the place in his dreams is actually Antarctica— supposedly the last location on Earth where the blue sky is visible— Charlie is further informed by the old man that he has a long lost Uncle in Maryland that should be able to take him there. 

Excited, and gifted a car by Mr. Luther, Charlie races back home to tell his mother about everything he learned. When he finds her, however, the boy’s mother is unconscious from a debilitating stroke. 

With his mother in palliative care with the local doctor, Charlie makes a promise to her then and there: he vows to find the blue sky and bring back a picture of it so she can see it too. 

Follow Charlie on an epic adventure to find his Uncle, discover the truth about his family and their war-torn world, and take a picture of the last blue sky in— 

Where the Skies are Blue.