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 trip on your birthday isn’t exactly ideal, especially when you’re about to find out what your Savvy (sort of like a magical power) is. But then again it’s not ideal to have your dad in the hospital unconscious either and if you thought that maybe you could help him somehow then…heck high-tie a pink bus and get to the hospital! Salina, Kansas is the destination but it takes quite a while to get there because of all the detours that the bus driver has to take.

The characters I loved—all of them. There is Mibs of course. Fish is her older brother; 14 with the power to control wind and water—pretty amazing right. Samson is seven with no Savvy yet but he’s still a lovable little tike. Will junior is the crush. Bobbie is an angsty teenager. Lester is the bus driver who is a bit of a push over but still a really nice guy. Lil comes in later and is a sweet woman. A strange bunch, but they fit together perfectly for this story. Some of the younger characters like Fish and Mibs act more mature than I would’ve expected for their age but it was believable to me. I liked that Mibs was so close to her family.

Maybe I liked this book so much because I was currently reading a downer book or maybe because I knew some of places that were mentioned (i.e. Salina, Topeka, Lawrence). Either way I’m glad I read it.