The Sky Is Gray Study Guide

The Sky is Gray, by Ernest Gaines, opens with a young boy and his mother waiting for a bus. The boy watches anxiously, but the mother is looking back from where they came. The road is just an old gravel road out in the country, with weeds, trees, fences, and cows on both sides. It's so cold out that the boy can see the steam from the cows' nostrils, as they breathe. (read more)