Review: Savvy

Savvy by: Ingrid Law
368 pgs.

Synopsis

Mibs Beaumont is about to turn thirteen, which in the Beaumont family means her "savvy"-her special power-is about to strike. Her brothers' savvies let them create hurricanes and spark electricity, but Mibs has yet to learn what her savvy is. Then, two days before her birthday, her father is in a terrible car accident. He is sent to a hospital two hours from their isolated small town, and Mibs determines that she must get there, adamant that her savvy is going to help save him. She ends up on a traveling bible salesman's pink bus with all her siblings and the preacher's children, including the preacher's son, Will, who has a crush on her. The story chronicles the ups and downs of their journey to the hospital-where, in the end, Mibs' savvy (she can hear the thoughts and feelings of people with ink on their skin) helps her hear Poppa's tattoo speak and, ultimately, save his life.

Opinion

This books was pretty good. It was a little young for me, and a little slow moving, but pretty good. The love between Will Jr. and Mibs was very sweet and innocent. I really enjoyed the ending. It you like adventure books than this is the one for you. The whole book they are on a bus driving to the hospital to see their dad. They run in to many obstacles on the way. Mibs' savvy is also a very interesting savvy. Not the one that she wants but, a cool one. I would recommend this to anyone that wants a pretty quick read. Ages 8+