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What's your Savvy?
This work is completely engrossing! I was sneaking it around town just to finish. The flow of the adventure, the realness of the characters and the heart of the writing were key to the success of this piece of literature. Mibs is growing up and about to discover her ...Read More
This work is completely engrossing! I was sneaking it around town just to finish. The flow of the adventure, the realness of the characters and the heart of the writing were key to the success of this piece of literature. Mibs is growing up and about to discover her savvy. Savvy in her family may mean something wild like moving mountains or gentle like baking a perfect cake. While this book looks at one family in particular, I couldn't help but wonder about my own savvy. I believe most readers will wonder about their hidden greatness and savvy.
Before the big day when Mibs finds her savvy, her father is in a horrible car accident. Her family is heartbroken. She and a gang of others go on a hysterical adventure to help her Poppa. On the adventure, she finds her savvy and much about growing up. This is a wonderful story for kids at that in-between age where they just don't feel as if they fit in. It has a wonderful realness to it in the midst of so much magic. I would highly recommend it!Show Less
Before the big day when Mibs finds her savvy, her father is in a horrible car accident. Her family is heartbroken. She and a gang of others go on a hysterical adventure to help her Poppa. On the adventure, she finds her savvy and much about growing up. This is a wonderful story for kids at that in-between age where they just don't feel as if they fit in. It has a wonderful realness to it in the midst of so much magic. I would highly recommend it!Show Less
posted by LibraryLisa on February 8, 2009
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4 out of 13 people found this review helpful.
OKAY, 2 OR 3 STARS
Don't bother buying this book. The plot wasnt great and all they did in the entire book is try to drive to the hospital, where her dad was staying. You know he's gonna be fine by the end of the book so the whole trip is kind of useless. DO NOT BUY!!!
posted by TitanLord13 on October 30, 2011
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LibraryLisa
Posted February 8, 2009
What's your Savvy?
This work is completely engrossing! I was sneaking it around town just to finish. The flow of the adventure, the realness of the characters and the heart of the writing were key to the success of this piece of literature. Mibs is growing up and about to discover her savvy. Savvy in her family may mean something wild like moving mountains or gentle like baking a perfect cake. While this book looks at one family in particular, I couldn't help but wonder about my own savvy. I believe most readers will wonder about their hidden greatness and savvy.
Before the big day when Mibs finds her savvy, her father is in a horrible car accident. Her family is heartbroken. She and a gang of others go on a hysterical adventure to help her Poppa. On the adventure, she finds her savvy and much about growing up. This is a wonderful story for kids at that in-between age where they just don't feel as if they fit in. It has a wonderful realness to it in the midst of so much magic. I would highly recommend it!20 out of 22 people found this review helpful.
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A fun and endearing read
This was a fun and endearing book. Mibs was such a fun character to follow during her journey into discovering herself, her abilities and some surprising friends along the way. Although the 'people with special powers' story has been told over and over now, Law's take on it is refreshing. Rather than creating heroes who have to save the world against deadly foes, the Beaumonts are simple people who want nothing more than to keep to themselves and have as normal of a life as possible. The best part of the book is watching Mibs's bravery and her indomitable spirit throughout some of the most difficult circumstances, simply because of the love she has for her own father.
-Lindsey Miller, www.lindseyslibrary.com7 out of 9 people found this review helpful.
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Unique style
Savvy is a uniquely-styled book that won Newbery honors last year. Its most outstanding feature is the rhythmic nonsense words that flood the prose, creating a style all its own. "Fibertygibbity," "a fizz and a zing," "jump and jive," "razzmatazz," "bumping, jumping," "stumbled and tumbled," "gewgaws," and ".loosening his lip-lock." Ms. Law has a very distinctive and catchy way of saying everything, which makes her book quite unforgettable.
So how's the story, you ask? Fabulous! Every member of the Beaumont family is gifted with some kind of savvy that shows up on their thirteenth birthday. Grandpa stretches and manipulates the earth, Rocket's sparks with electricity, Fish creates tropical storms, Grandma catches and cans radio waves, and Mibs? She's about to find out. But just before her birthday, her father is in a terrible accident. In an attempt to get to him, she stows away on a pink Bible delivery bus and drags a lot of people into trouble with her. In the process, she learns that turning thirteen signals a lot more changes than just a savvy.
The cast of characters contains some gritty, down-to-reality kinds of folks. The pastor, for one, is decidedly human. And Miss Rosemary, the preacher's wife, is well-meaning but someone you can't wait to wave good-bye to. Lester, the not-so-bright Bible deliveryman finds that confidence and a good woman sometimes go hand-in-hand. The kids, Will and Fish and Bobbi and Mibs, squabble and fight and end up better friends. And the Beaumonts? Even a savvy doesn't make you perfect, even when perfection is your savvy. By the end, you love them all.
On top of a great story and great characters, Savvy is sprinkled with little life lessons that make the book all the tastier. Like "you can't get rid of part of what makes you you and be happy." Or "I realized that good and bad are always there and always mixed up together in a tangle." Or my favorite, "when something like that comes along, whether it's an accident or a savvy or a very first kiss, life takes a turn and you can't step back. All you can do is keep moving forward and remember what you've learned."
While the gibberish words sometimes wore me down, and I imagine they might be challenging for a reader unfamiliar with them, they also add to the book's charm. And Savvy definitely has a lot of charm. Two thumbs way up!5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Roxygirl23
Posted November 15, 2009
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My Savvy... This Book
I may only be 11 but I love this book! The characters of this book are just amazing and interesting just like the book. There are 4 children in this book on each of there 13th birthdays they will get a Savvy what else happens you'll have to read it!!!
5 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted October 30, 2011
OKAY, 2 OR 3 STARS
Don't bother buying this book. The plot wasnt great and all they did in the entire book is try to drive to the hospital, where her dad was staying. You know he's gonna be fine by the end of the book so the whole trip is kind of useless. DO NOT BUY!!!
4 out of 13 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted December 19, 2011
AWESOME BOOK!!!!!!
I have read this book and it is amazing! one of the best books i have ever read!!!!!!! I recommend this book for 3-6 graders!! This book has all kinds of adventures and even comedy parts!!! Please read this book It rocks!!!!!!!!
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Anonymous
Posted February 29, 2012
Hi
Should i buy it?
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One pink bus and six misfits = Adventure?
Join five kids, one bus driver, one waitress and a very large pink bus as one girl turns thirteen. Not your average birthday for Mibs Beaumont she must decide whether or not to trust the people she is with as she tries desperately to reach her father in the hospital. Join this ragtag group of misfits who learn they really do have something in common and its ok to be older and different. A thrilling tale and a perfect way to spend eight hours in the car. Ride away with Mibs, Fish, Will, Bobby, and Samson who join each other quite unexpectedly.
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Anonymous
Posted May 15, 2012
I love savvy
I highly reccomend this fantastic book
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Anonymous
Posted February 6, 2012
Okay
Hard to get fora ten year old like my daughter
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5996665
Posted October 18, 2011
Pretty good!
It was pretty good. It was good enough that i read the second book called scumble! It was interesting. I would recomend it to someone who likes a good book.
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Anonymous
Posted October 8, 2011
Good
My son is 10 years old and he took this book off of the shelf in his Middle School library. I believe he said he "thought the cover looked cool" and that he heard it was a really good book.
My mother read some of it to him & then he began reading some of it but began to struggle at some large words or hard-to-pronounce words he has never seen before.
I will have to keep this book to the side until next year or the following. It seems like it may turn out to be interesting but it didn't catch my attention right off the bat.1 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Ingrid Law's "Savvy"... Wow!
Law has really struck gold with this empowering tale perfect for going-on-teenagers. The Beaumont family has know-how powers they call a savvy, in which they recieve on they're thirteenth birthday. But right before Mib's birthday, Poppa is in the worst accident and has to get whisked 90 miles away to Salina Hope. Mibs, Fish, Samson, Bobbi and Will find themselves on a pink bus with an angel, a slinky man, and crates full of Bibles. A turn for the worst (away from Salina) makes the kids go balistic, and Mib'savvy even more special. A fantastic book with great lessons (I cried, being the puddle I am)! Must-read for tween/teen voyagers... Ingrid Law hit a home-run!
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A Light, "Savvy" Read
Everyone suspects the Beaumont family of being "different". They're right, but no one except the family in question knows just how different they really are. When a Beaumont turns thirteen, they find out their savvy, a skill that's been blown up to epic proportions. Sometimes this new power is huge and pretty unstoppable, and for some people, it's just a small part of their daily life. Mississippi "Mibs" Beaumont is hoping her savvy will be something dramatic and wowing. But on the day before her thirteenth birthday, her beloved Poppa is gravely injured in a car crash. Now Mibs is determined to go on a cross-state jaunt with her siblings and friends, to find out for herself exactly how her father is doing. And who knows? She just might be able to learn the truth about her savvy along the way.
I'm always up for some good adventure stories with a supernatural aspect in them. In addition, people with special powers has also been something of my interest. Savvy, by Ingrid Law, fits into both of these requirements. The spunky, feel-good, and just plain different narrating was another plus factor. The book had the bare essentials of a road trip: stowaways, a loved one gone, hitchhikers, and some teenage dilemmas thrown in. However, the book wasn't as thrilling as I had expected, focusing more on muting the super-powers (of a sort) than flaunting them.1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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mrsschwartz
Posted September 5, 2009
A nice story
Unlike many of the recent young adult books, Savvy is not part of a series but tells the story of a thirteen-year-old girl who finds out what her "gift" is. Clever and heartwarming. Well-crafted.
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Anonymous
Posted January 14, 2009
Good book
I got this book when B&N was offering a free download, but I didn't read it till much later. It was pretty good, good coming of age story, nice plot, I want to see a part two though.
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Anonymous
Posted December 22, 2008
Perfect:D
This book is perfect all around i think. i have never re-read a book before but i have re-read this book 5 times:O:O:O:O:O
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Reviewed by Marta Morrison for TeensReadToo.com
This was a really fun book to read.
Mississippi, aka Mibs, and her family each get a magical gift, called a savvy, on their thirteenth birthday. Rocket, Mibs's brother, has the savvy of being able to control electricity. He is a lot like those comic book heroes, good-looking with electric sparks coming off of his hands. At thirteen, her other brother, Fish, found out that he can control weather, especially causing water storms. So at thirteen the kids become homeschooled and have to learn how to control their special abilities.
When the story opens, Mibs is two days away from turning thirteen herself. She is excited about her special birthday when her father is in a horrible twelve-car accident on the highway. He ends up in a coma in a hospital in Salina, Kansas.
When she gets her savvy, she is being taken care of by the minister's wife and all she can think of is how to get to her Poppa. Mibs, Fish, her little brother, Samson, and two of the minister's kids run away to find Poppa. SAVVY is the story of their adventures crossing Nebraska and Kansas, trying to control savvys, which is called scumbling, learning to see the good in people, and, of course, the courage it takes to act on your ideals and love.
I loved the writing in this book. The author uses a lot of figurative language. Besides metaphor and simile, Ingrid Law also uses a lot of alliteration in the telling of the story. Phrases such as pushing-pulling waves, itch and scritch of birthday buzz, or how about a gaggle of flat-footed goslings. It was remarkable how the author could use language to make this story even better than it already was.
So if you want to read a really good story about growing up or if you just love the sound of language, then this is the book for you. Have a really rad read!1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Courtesy of Mother Daughter Book Club.com
Mississippi Beaumont can't wait for her 13th birthday, only days away, because that's when she'll officially get her savvy. All the Beaumont's, except Poppa, have a savvy that is uniquely their own. Mama is perfect, Grandpa Bomba makes new land, Rocket controls electricity and Fish can create storms and move water. Trouble is, the savvy is hard to control when it first comes in, and Mississippi, better known as Mibs, is nervous about what will happen at her party.
When her dad ends up in a coma in the hospital after a car accident and her mother leaves the family to be with him, the preacher's wife organizes a birthday party for Mibs, making all the Beaumonts nervous about what will happen on the big day. But the fun really starts when Mibs decides to stow away on a broken down Bible-delivery bus, hoping to reach Salina, Kansas, where she believes she can wake Poppa up. Along for the ride at her older brother Fish, her younger brother Samson, and the preacher's children, Bobbi and Will Junior.
Mibs has a great, down-to-earth voice, and readers will happily follow her as she explores issues of family, friendship, budding romance, and finding the things that are special inside each of us. You may just find yourself looking for your own special savvy. You can also look for games and a discussion guide at the publisher's Web site, www.penguin.com/teachersandlibrarians.1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted May 14, 2012
Okay luv it
The title made me think this book would be retarded at first but once i started reading i knew there was no turning back.readers 11 and up probably read this.
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