Taina's family seems to be falling apart at the seams: her older brother has gone to live with her estranged father after a fight, her mother is working all the time, and her grandmother has dementia. Just before her grandmother's death, she leaves Taina with objects that have been in their family for generations, objects that will help them when their time of need is the greatest. How will Taina know that? What did her grandmother mean? I did appreciate this book's look at the history of the island most of us know as Puerto Rico. I wasn't sure where the title came from in the book, and I thought it took a little while to get up to speed.