We get a friend who, though without magical powers, has a secret of his own. We get a little brother who hides himself away in tight spaces whenever he can, an introvert to end all introverts. "When my brother FIsh turned thirteen, we moved to the deepest part of inland because of the hurricane and, of course, the fact that he'd caused it." ()Īfter that we get quirky, multi-dimensional characters, with realistically prickly interactions between them. This unlikely team gels over the course of the trip, learning about each other while eating pie and striving to get back to the Beaumont parents. Instead, she ends up on an unauthorized road trip with two of her brothers, two kids from church, an oversized waitress, and a rumpled bible deliveryman.
Due to a family tragedy, however, she's not with her parents that day. As Savvy begins, Mibs Beaumont is approaching her pivotal day, and curious about which gift it will bring. Each person's ability, called his or her "savvy", makes itself known on the person's thirteenth birthday. Ingrid Law's Savvy is an immensely fun middle grade novel about a close-knit family whose members each have over-the-top special abilities, from controlling the weather to the ability to have things like pies turn out perfect every time.
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