Red at the Boneby Jacqueline Woodson Moving forward and backward in time, Jacqueline Woodsons taut and powerful new novel uncovers the role that history and community have played in the experiences, decisions, and relationships of these families, and in the life of the new child.As the book opens in 2001, it is the evening of sixteen-year-old Melodys coming of age ceremony in her grandparents Brooklyn brownstone. Watched lovingly by her relatives and friends, making her entrance to the music of ...