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Reader reviewed by TheBookworm

A Crazy Adventure That Will Grab You

Savvy by Ingrid Law*
5 out of 5 stars

Savvy by Ingrid Law was great and definitely a book I would suggest people to read.

Mibs thirteenth birthday is only two days away. This is no ordinary thirteenth birthday for the Beaumont family. That day Mibs will receive her very own Savvy. Her grandfather can move mountains, her oldest brother creates electricity, and another brother causes hurricanes. What will her Savvy be?
The day before her birthday her Poppa never makes it home. Instead he is at the hospital in attentive care and not waking up. Now Mibs isnt praying for a wacky, huge savvy but one that will save her Poppa. On the day of her birthday she believes that her new savvy will wake up her Poppa, the problem is how to travel the 80 miles down to Salina. Mibs, Fish, Samson, Bobbi, and Will Junior hitch a ride on a pink bus with a twitchy, kind bible delivery man who doesnt have the heart to kick them off. But when the bus goes in the wrong direction, the passengers end up in a crazy adventure.

All the characters and their secrets and quirks are likable, enjoyable, realistic (besides the storm bringing savvies), interesting, entertaining, believable, and make you want to know what happened to them.

I thought the plot and direction of the story was perfect. It kept you flipping the pages and never had you skipping to the last few pages so you knew the end. Every page was a part of the journey and you didnt want to miss out on a second.

It got deep in some parts, but you were able to understand what Mibs was going through because of it. It wasnt a light atmosphere all the time, but would you be all happy-dory if you knew your father might die?

Savvy was an extremely good book that will be seated on my shelf and sought after by my siblings.

Review Date: August 13th, 2008

*This book was provided by a Walden Media email reply back contest.