Red at the Bone

A boy from a poor family. A girl from an affluent family. From the boy and girl is a baby. And this is the story, moving forward in time and backward in time, of those families, with their struggles and strengths.

I don't know if it was because this was a short book and there were many characters but I never felt vested in any of the people in the story. I wanted so much to love this book, but I just didn't (though I still love you, Jacqueline Woodson). Not everyone can hit it out of the park every time in every ball field.