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JANUARY 29, 2009

Savvy by Ingrid Law

This book just won a 2009 Newbery Honor Award, and justifiably so. Mibs Beaumont is about to turn 13, and in her family it means that she will "inherit" some skill that will need to be managed. Her oldest brother was able to create electricity when he turned 13 - her other brother disrupted the weather by causing hurricanes. After a car accident leaves her beloved Poppa unconscious in a hospital, Mibs hopes that her new savvy will help him wake up. With that belief, she stows away on a pink bus she thinks is heading toward the hospital 90 miles away. Driven by a pink bible salesman and accompanied by two brothers, two church friends and a waitress they meet along the way, a wild chain of events begins that will affect the lives of the entire group. What will Mibs' savvy be? Will she be able to save her father? This story is very well written and after a very suspenseful and chaotic ride though Kansaska-Nebransas, comes to a satisfying conclusion. Readers in grades 5-9 will enjoy this story.

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