Friday, November 12, 2010

What special ability do YOU have?

I don't know why it took me two or three times to get into Savvy by Ingrid Law, but once I did, it was a pretty cool journey.  Mibs Beaumont is about to turn thirteen, and in her family, that means she'll get her a "savvy" - a very special, very unusual ability.  (One of her brothers, for example, can whip up hurricanes, and another can create electricity.)  But just when Mibs is discovering her new talent, her father is injured in a car accident, and she becomes desperate to get to the hospital where he's staying.  Soon she's a stowaway on a the bus of a Bible salesman, trying to head to Salina, Kansas, with her two brothers, the local preacher's two kids, and big-hearted Lill.  The story alternates between being funny, sweet, and touching, and will keep you interested until the last page.  Another great Caudill nominee!

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