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Chinese edition of the 2009 Newbery Honor Book, Savvy, by Ingrid Law. On the back cover: What if your grandpa moves mountains, one of your brothers causes hurricanes, another creates electricity, and now it's your turn? The Beaumont family members have a secret: they possess supernatural powers when they turn 13. And this is the eve of Mibs's 13th birthday...

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Published May 1st 2008 by Puffin (first published February 29th 2000)

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Nov 18, 2008 Nicholas rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Anyone interested in comedy and adventure

Savvy is the new book from up and coming author author: Ingrid Law]. The book is an intriguing look into the life of an extra special family known as the Beaumont's. The Beaumont's are endowed with what they refer to as their own personal "Savvy," some type of supernatural power that they develop on or around their thirteenth birthday. The story focuses on the young protagonist Mississippi (Mibs) Beaumont who is rapidly approaching this fateful date. When her father is involved in a car accident...more

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Sep 15, 2010 Cara rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: middle grade readers

Recommended to Cara by: Valerie

Shelves: 2010, fantasy, sibilings

I picked this up because of a strong recommendation and when I heard some of it was set in Kansas I was sold. Since I'm a native Kansan I knew I was going to like the book even more because of that little fact.

Mississippi (most commonly known as Mibs) is just about to turn thirteen. A big step in any kid's life, but in Mib's family turning thirteen means a whole lot more than becoming a teenager, you also get your savvy. A savvy is a special power you have and for everyone it's different. Mib's...more

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Nov 15, 2012 Jennifer Wardrip rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: trt-gold-star-award-winner, trt-posted-reviews

Reviewed by Marta Morrison for TeensReadToo.com

This was a really fun book to read.

Mississippi, aka Mibs, and her family each get a magical gift, called a savvy, on their thirteenth birthday. Rocket, Mibs's brother, has the savvy of being able to control electricity. He is a lot like those comic book heroes, good-looking with electric sparks coming off of his hands. At thirteen, her other brother, Fish, found out that he can control weather, especially causing water storms. So at thirteen the ki...more

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Nov 14, 2008 Julia rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: everyone

"Monday through Wednesday, we called our thin stretch of land Kansaska. Thursday through Saturday, we called it Nebransas."

It's writing like this that makes Savvy fun and quirky. Law especially captures the as the main character, a young girl named Mississippi (Mibs) Beaumont.

Mibs and her family share a special secret: that on their 13th birthday they get a certain power. For example, Mibs' brother Fish can cause hurricanes and thunderstorms, and her other brother Rocket can generate electricit...more

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Jul 27, 2008 babyhippoface rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: kids-fiction, fantasy

I liked just about everything about Savvy. Interesting characters--Mibs, Fish, Lester, Lill, Will Junior, Bobbi, all well-developed. I really enjoyed getting to know these characters. I had high hopes for Lester, smiled when Lill brought out the best in him, and worried when trouble met the big pink bus.

While the story concept is intriguing, it's Ingrid Law's writing that made the story shine. She has a wonderful savvy for words, if you will. Mib's description of her father, for instance: He was...more

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Nov 23, 2008 Wendy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: newbery-honor

This is getting some Newbery buzz, but I wasn't thrilled. A good story, well-developed, but I wouldn't say distinguished; it felt a little flat, like the plot was supposed to be enough to drive it. Others have made other good comparisons, but it reminded me of Little Miss Sunshine.

The most interesting parts to me were about the relationship between Mibs and her perfect mother; I would have liked to see that explored a lot more. I guess this is good fluff with some meat, and I would have enjoyed...more

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Dec 14, 2008 Claire Scott rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: high-younger-readers, overwritten

Meh. I wanted to like Savvy, but it felt manipulative and overwritten to me... the same vibe I got from The Underneath and The Higher Power of Lucky. This one, not surprisingly, is a Newbery contender as well. A florid style, faux vernacular, and over-the-top alliteration (and cutesy vocabulary) does not equal literary merit! I felt like it lacked both strength and authenticity.

The story itself could have stood on its own, and with a different writing style I might have enjoyed it. I like sto...more

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Aug 13, 2010 Valerie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

It’s hard to believe that this book was mostly in the course of one day. Seriously, when they were at the pool I was thinking it was the next day. I couldn’t believe not even 24 hours had passed, and it was on Mib’s 13th birthday of all days. Twelve/Thirteen wasn’t the best time for me so I tend to pick older or younger protagonists to avoid the period all together, but I heard this was such a good book from reviews and it’s a modern day fantasy and that is always something I liked.

The road tri...more

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Dec 17, 2008 Alex rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Savvy is a great book for young readers, as well as those that are young at heart. Ingrid Law shows great imagination and depth in her story about a girl, who on a quest to help her ailing father, discovers what makes her special from everyone else.

Mibs, the protagonist of Savvy, comes from a family that has many special attributes. Her grandfather can move mountains, one of her brothers causes storms, and her other brother can create electricity. As you can imagine, she has much to live up to.

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Sep 07, 2008 Lisa Lewis rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: 4th-8th graders; lovers of fantasy

Shelves: fantasy

Absolutely precious and enjoyable. Ingrid Law has a wonderful imagination, and she is great with figurative language and nonsensical words. I smiled through the entire read.

Ms. Lewis

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Sep 29, 2008 Abby Johnson rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Beaumonts are special. On their thirteenth birthday, each child comes into their savvy. Fish Beaumont causes storms. Older brother Rocket is electric, able to keep the Beaumont house lit up during a black out and jump start the old family car. Mrs. Beaumont has the savvy of being perfect (even when she messes up, it's perfectly awful). And grandpa can move the earth.

Savvy opens right before Mibs Beaumont's thirteenth birthday. She's understandably excited, wondering what her savvy will be. R...more

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Aug 11, 2008 Terri rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: grades 4-7

Recommended to Terri by: Kristi Hazelrigg

Shelves: highly-recommended

Mississippi Beaumont, better known as Mibs, is the soon-to-be thirteen-year-old daughter in an extraordinary family, a family whose members, usually on their thirteenth birthday, become aware of and able to use their "savvy," a supernatural gift or power. Don't get me wrong, they're not superheroes, just ordinary people who each have one extraordinary ability. Grandpa can move mountains, literally. Rocket can create electricity, and Fish creates weather (not always under control). Each Beaumont...more

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Jul 25, 2008 Bethany rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary, fantasy, juvenile

Her grandfather can make the Earth move. Her brother can make hurricanes. Her mother is perfect. Mibs is normal...so far. But she's coming up on her thirteenth birthday, and that's when her family generally inherits their savvy--their special talent.

Just days before Mibs' very special birthday, though, her father gets in a terrible car accident, and the outlook, well. It's not good. Her mother and oldest brother head to the nearest city while Mibs and the rest of her siblings are stuck in the c...more

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Jun 23, 2008 Tasha rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: childrens-books

In Mibs' family, turning thirteen is the most special of birthdays. And Mibs is days away from turning thirteen. In her family, almost everyone gets their savvy on their thirteenth birthday, a special power that they then need to figure out how to harness and use. One of her brothers, Fish, has the power to control wind, and on his thirteenth birthday he created a hurricane. That's why they now live far far from any water in Kansas. As Mibs' birthday approaches, her father is in a terrible accid...more

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Apr 07, 2008 Anna rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: reviewed-for-watermark

Two days before Mississippi “Mibs” Beaumont turns thirteen, her father is critically injured in a car accident and left comatose in Salina Hope Hospital. Coming of age in Mibs’ family is special, though—her mom’s side of the family all have “savvies,” superpowers of sorts ranging from doing everything perfectly (her mother) to her brother Rocket’s command of electricity (he burns out light bulbs when he’s upset but is the only one who can jump-start their ancient station wagon) to her Grandpa Bo...more Two days before Mississippi “Mibs” Beaumont turns thirteen, her father is critically injured in a car accident and left comatose in Salina Hope Hospital. Coming of age in Mibs’ family is special, though—her mom’s side of the family all have “savvies,” superpowers of sorts ranging from doing everything perfectly (her mother) to her brother Rocket’s command of electricity (he burns out light bulbs when he’s upset but is the only one who can jump-start their ancient station wagon) to her Grandpa Bomba’s ability to make new land, like the strip of “Kansaska-Nebransas” where the family lives. So when, on the morning of her birthday, Mibs’ brother’s dead pet turtle seems to wake up at her approach, she’s sure she’s been blessed with a savvy that can save her dad. With her brothers Fish and Sampson and the preacher’s kids Bobbi and Will Jr., she stows away in a pink Bible-salesman’s bus and sets off to get to Salina and Poppa. But when tattoos start telling her people’s innermost thoughts, Mibs starts to worry that she won’t be able to help after all.
There’s nothing I didn’t love about this book. Like the best fantasy storytellers, Law immediately creates a world where the wildest things seem perfectly normal. And her language is delicious, full of alliteration, repetition, and inventive similes. Just listen to these sentences from the very first page: “I had liked living down south on the edge of land, next to the pushing-pulling waves. I had liked it with a mighty kind of liking, so moving had been hard—hard like the pavement the first time I fell off my pink two-wheeler and my palms burned like fire from all of the hurt just under the skin.” Not to mention my favorite new vocabulary word “scumble,” a painting term the Beaumonts use to describe learning to control their talents in public. Savvy goes far beyond the standard “it’s hard to be different” young-adult tale to a strong-voiced, delightful novel that anyone who appreciates eccentricity will enjoy.
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Mar 24, 2008 Michelle rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Ages ten and up

Shelves: kids-lit, 2008, favorites, fantasy

I couldn't put Savvy down until I was finished! It was fun and touching with great characters and a clever premise. When a Beaumont kid turns 13, they get their "savvy." Mib's older brothers have powerful savvys: one can make storms and the other makes electricity. What will Mib's savvy be? Right before Mib's 13th birthday her father is hospitalized from a terrible car accident. She is determined to visit her father at the hospital 90 miles away because she is convinced that her savvy will allo...more

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Feb 06, 2011 Melissa rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Just finished True Meaning of Smekday...thought I was getting into another sci-fiction future adventure and was pleasantly, mistaken. In fact, once you get to know this sleepy, small town of characters you don't want to ever get off the pink bible bus!! Characters are raw and exciting, the story wraps you up, the text bursting in your mind, really the characters are that developed. The POV is extremely developed through Mibs and her family, the subtle self-esteem lesson between know-how and Savv...more

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Aug 19, 2008 Lynn rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'm admit that this is definitely MY kind of book! Quirky characters, slightly out of round world, humor, eccentric premise and a mostly-happy-ending and I am completely happy ;-) I had heard good things about this book and it lived up to its buzz for me. This could have been cloying and sappy but Law kept well clear of those pitfalls and delivered a charming and satisfying book with just enough edge. Think Polly Horvath with a sweeter touch.

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Feb 12, 2008 Christy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Shauna, Anna

I would recommend this charming coming-of-age story just for the ticklesome "voice" of Mibs Beaumont. Each person in her family has a supernatural (and often quirky) gift, or savvy, which must be scumbled before they are fit to mingle with the public. Mibs comes to terms with her own disappointing gift and recognizes that even non-Beaumonts wield their own savvies. A delightful book from a first-time author. Comes out in May.

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Feb 25, 2008 Betsy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: reviewed-professionally

Whoops! Can't review this one here. Have to do it professionally (consarn it). In any case, I think the first chapter is a strong strong piece of work. The rest of the book never quite reaches its full potential, but that isn't to say that it isn't a great great read. I'm looking forward to Law's other books.

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Sep 01, 2009 Misty rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: everyone

Shelves: juvenile-ya, read-in-2009, sci_fi-fantasy, ya-challenge-2, favorites, magical-realism, excited-for, cover-appeal, own, thanks-bill, award-winner-or-nominee, ala-2010, gift

This is one of the most engaging stories/narrators I have read in awhile. I tried hard to think of something I didn;t like, just for some balance (not because I am such a negative person), and I still have yet to come up with something. There's a great magical realism/tall-tale feel to it, which is refreshing in a ya book.

Savvy is the story of Mibs (Mississippi) Beaumont and her rather unusual family. At 13, every member of the Beaumont family discovers they have a "savvy," a special power of so...more

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Oct 18, 2008 Eva Mitnick rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: children, fantasy

Mississippi (but call her Mibs) Beaumont is about to turn 13, a momentous occasion in her family; on their 13th birthdays, family members come into their “savvy,” a special and unique gift. Mib’s brother Fish creates heavy weather, her brother Rocket has an affinity for electricity, and her mother does everything perfectly – which is luckily not as annoying as it sounds.

Days before her birthday, Mibs father is in a terrible accident, and her mother and older brother Rocket drive out to Salina, t...more Mississippi (but call her Mibs) Beaumont is about to turn 13, a momentous occasion in her family; on their 13th birthdays, family members come into their “savvy,” a special and unique gift. Mib’s brother Fish creates heavy weather, her brother Rocket has an affinity for electricity, and her mother does everything perfectly – which is luckily not as annoying as it sounds.

Days before her birthday, Mibs father is in a terrible accident, and her mother and older brother Rocket drive out to Salina, the town where he lies in a coma in the hospital. On the dawn of her birthday, a couple of small events convince Mibs that her savvy is the ability to wake people up – the perfect way to help her father. Before her birthday is many hours old, she has abandoned her own awful birthday party and has stowed away, along with Fish, her younger brother Samson, and two other kids, on a pink bus driven by a bible salesman. She is determined to get to Salina as quickly as possible to wake her father up.

Needless to say, things don’t go very smoothly. Mibs realizes to her horror that her savvy is to read the thoughts of people who have inked pictures on their skin – tattoos, of course, but even a happy face drawn on with a ballpoint pen. What a useless savvy, she feels – the voices in her head drive her bonkers and worse, she can’t help her father. As it turns out, Mibs is wrong; her savvy comes in very handy in the end.

Throughout the book, Mibs discovers again and again that folks are endlessly mysterious. Everyone has secrets, not just the members of her secretly talented family, and even when those secrets come to light, there are usually plenty of hidden depths left to ponder. Appearances can be deceiving, Mibs learns, and there is a lot to appreciate in most people, once you get to know them.

These small discoveries and surprises move the story forward in an unpredictable and thoroughly charming way, matched by the quirky language used by Mibs, the narrator of the tale. It courses and curlicues its way like a particularly rambunctious stream, throwing up fascinating words and turns of phrase – one nasty character has breath “a loud mix of bluster and buffalo wings;” when you have learned to control your savvy, you’ve “scumbled” it. But the writing has a purpose and goal, so the story keeps flowing, never getting bogged down in sentimentality or folksiness.

This is an all-around satisfying book that kept me intrigued all the way to the end. My only quibble – surely the bible salesman’s big pink bus would have been pulled over within hours of those kids running away!! Magically, none of the folks looking for the missing kids managed to figure out that the pink bus and the kids left at exactly the same time. Oh well, I happily suspended my disbelief and kids most likely will, too.

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Oct 09, 2008 Angela rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: middle-grade

What struck me about this book was the use of language. It is not often that you find such playful and creative words in a middle-grade novel. The plot and numerous characters may be too complex for some younger readers, but the words are not to be missed. Here's was my write-up for the bookstore:

It's chock-full of delicious words & phrases:

"hobbledehoy boy"
"fizgiggley girls"
"persnickety moment"
"niminy-piminy thing"
"razzmatazz radio"
"full hokeypokey"
"marching herky-jerky"
"becoming discom...more

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Nov 17, 2008 Deborah Kovacs rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Anyone anticipating or remembering what it felt like to turn 13.

Recommended to Deborah by: Dan Lazar

This is the best coming-of-age story I have ever read.

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Apr 17, 2010 Jeanette rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: all-fiction, four-star-fiction, for-the-munchkins

This was a fun little romp. The author has a playful way with words that just tickles me.
Mississippi "Mibs" Beaumont is awaiting her 13th birthday with both eagerness and trepidation. In the Beaumont family, a 13th birthday activates your "savvy," giving you a special power that is uniquely yours. Each person's savvy is always a big surprise, so the family always gets a little nervous as the big day approaches. What will that child's new power be, and will she/he be able to "scumble"(control) i...more

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Mar 10, 2009 Dee rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is a Newbery award book,a good story slightly spoiled for me by an overabundance of whimsical coun-tree diction. I love the idea of a savvy--a special ability that each member of this family is granted at age 13. Rocket pops electricity off his fingertips, Fish creates hurricanes when he is upset, and Mibs (short for Mississippi) is just turning 13 at the opening of this book and has to discover and learn to scumble it. Things get complicated: her Poppa gets in a terrible wreck (I find myse...more

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Mar 23, 2009 Elizabeth added it · review of another edition

This is a wonderful debut novel. The supporting characters are fun, and Law does a good job of giving them decent roles despite how many there are tagging along on the bus ride. I liked the idea of kids in this special family getting a "power" of some sort on their 13th birthday. I like the way they have to "scumble" their savvy (and scumble is a real painting term, so it's cute that Mibs' mom defines it as she's simultaneously painting and teaching them about their powers). I like the way the s...more This is a wonderful debut novel. The supporting characters are fun, and Law does a good job of giving them decent roles despite how many there are tagging along on the bus ride. I liked the idea of kids in this special family getting a "power" of some sort on their 13th birthday. I like the way they have to "scumble" their savvy (and scumble is a real painting term, so it's cute that Mibs' mom defines it as she's simultaneously painting and teaching them about their powers). I like the way the savvy is a metaphor for the extraordinary "ordinary" powers that we all discover in ourselves when we're properly nurtured by our families.

No matter how much I love a book, though, I'm a nitpicker...

I wasn't terribly fond of Law's actual choice of savvy for Mibs, which is either dull on its own, or dully used (I'm not sure which). I was disappointed in how ineffectual the savvy was at the end. It doesn't really tie the story together(view spoiler). I think Law wanted to make that part of the point of the novel – that the savvy can't wake the dead, and acquiring it is more of a rite of passage, and a chance to grow and change. But as a writing tool, as a tool in this story about Mibs, it wasn't satisfying to me.

In general, this is a very cool concept (or hook) with a nice but not stellar plot to support it. The bus ride felt implausible to me, and not relentless or engaging enough to make it a compelling "road trip" story. I was intrigued mostly by the world Law created, but not by this particular adventure, or what Mibs discovers from it.

Also, I have to admit to being annoyed on behalf of all children about books that make contemporary children talk like folksy adults, with country-bumpkin-yet-sophisticated alliterations.

"When grandpa wasn't a grandpa and was just a small-fry, hobbledehoy boy blowing out thirteen dripping candles on a lopsided cake..."

"My heart was beating so hard with the hurly-burly fluster of truth-telling that it felt fit and full to bursting."

I found it hard to believe that Mibs would have developed this particular voice when no one else in her family speaks like this. What child acquires the language tic "x as x" (for example, "sure as sure") if she has never heard it from her parents? The aw-shucks lingo of the waitress, Lill, is even more grating. If she called those children "kidlings" one more time, I was going to have to wale on her.

It was a brave choice to give Mibs so many siblings (four already – Rocket, Fish, Samson, and Gypsy – and a baby on the way, for a total of 6 kids, including Mibs), and I can't help but wonder if some of them will show up in sequels. If so, they'll be fun to read about, but I hope Law concentrates on creating adventures for them that merit the Beaumonts' phenomenal abilities.
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Aug 31, 2008 Stacy268 rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Mississippi Beaumont is awaiting her 13th birthday. That's the birthday when the savvy comes for her family. Mibs can't wait to figure out her savvy. Her brother Rocket has electricity, and her brother Fish has a powerful weather savvy.

The other good thing about 13 is homeschooling. Until the kids learn to scumble their savvies, Momma thinks it's best to keep them home. No more Hebron Middle School, and no more snarky comments from Ashley Bing and Emma Flint.

Then they get word about Daddy. Mib's...more Mississippi Beaumont is awaiting her 13th birthday. That's the birthday when the savvy comes for her family. Mibs can't wait to figure out her savvy. Her brother Rocket has electricity, and her brother Fish has a powerful weather savvy.

The other good thing about 13 is homeschooling. Until the kids learn to scumble their savvies, Momma thinks it's best to keep them home. No more Hebron Middle School, and no more snarky comments from Ashley Bing and Emma Flint.

Then they get word about Daddy. Mib's world comes crashing down.

While Momma and Rocket speed away to Salina, Miss Rosemary -the preacher's wife - comes on over with her kids Roberta and Will to take care of the Beaumont clan. Mibs' little sister Gypsy has gone and told Miss Rosemary that Mibs is turning 13. Miss Roberta is determined to whip up a birthday party at the church for Mibs, and she won't take no for an answer.

When Mibs awakens on her 13th birthday, a couple of strange things happen that make her think she has figured out her savvy, and she knows more than ever that she has to make it to Salina and lay her hands on her Daddy. At the church, Miss Roberta's husband is yelling at a Bible salesman, and Mibs starts to hear some other voices as well. She leaves the church and sees the Bible man's pink bus, with a Salina address on the side. She knows how she will get to Salina. What she doesn't count on are the other kids. Roberta, Will, Fish, and little brother Samson are all aboard Lester's Bible bus when it leaves the church parking lot, and makes a turn not towards Salina!

What follows is a road trip adventure of the best sort. Friendships, families and savvies are at the forefront, as the children try to get Lester to speed up his trip to Salina and avoid the police who are soon looking for them at the same time.

I have to say, that this little book may be my favourite of the year thus far. Countrified charm, magical realism, a dash of romance, and a family that left me envious, all make for an utterly charming read. Ingrid Law's Savvy is a sweet book that will leave readers wanting more. Fans of Horvath and Wiles take note!

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Jul 29, 2008 Lindsay rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: juvenile-fiction, j-fantasy

J LAW - fantasy, family tragedy, coming of age.
Mississippi Beaumont is about to have her most important birthday ever, number 13. This will be the day her savvy is revealed and she can start learning to scumble it. Her brother Rocket controls electric currents, and Fish causes hurricane, Momma's perfect at making things, and Grandpa can make new land spring up anywhere.
But when Poppa's in a terrible crash the day before Mibs' birthday, she knows nothing will go smoothly. Rocket and Momma go to...more

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Dec 04, 2008 Sharon rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: cpl-mock-newbery, fantasy, juvenile-fiction

It is a little difficult to get past the dialect of Law's novel, which includes a lot of made-up words and reads somewhat like a Southern tall tale. However, once engrossed in it, the story contains its own brand of funny and unique magic.

Children in the Beaumont family have traditionally begun discovering their "savvy," or ununsual magical talent, at age thirteen. On Mibs Beaumont's thriteenth birthday, she is anxious that her savvy will disturb the celebration. That it does, to a certain exten...more

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