'The Sky Blues' is the queer YA romantic comedy you've been waiting for David Oliver, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT Listen up, LGBTQ youth – and really all LGBTQ people – a new book is about to hit shelves that will give you the warm and fuzzies. "The Sky Blues" (Simon & Schuster, 325 pp.) ★★★1/2 (out of four.) out April 6, centers on Sky Baker, an out gay high school senior living in Rock Ledge, Michigan. He has a major prom-posal plan in the works for his crush Ali, but when that plan falls apart after an unfortunate email blast, Sky's journey to self-confidence truly begins.