Law, Ingrid.
SAVVY
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers , 2008
IL 5-8, RL 6.5
ISBN 0803733062

(2 booktalks)

The Beaumont family is a bit different from those you may know.  You see, when the children reach their 13th birthday, they get their savvy.  A savvy is a special power that only they have.  Mibs is looking forward to her birthday to find out what her savvy will be.  One brother has the savvy of controlling electricity and another can cause storms.  Her mother has the savvy of being perfect.  But before Mibs can celebrate her birthday, her beloved father is in a horrible car accident and her mother goes to stay in the hospital with him.  It won't be much of a birthday will all the worry.  But Mibs does get her savvy and she now must find a way to get to her father to help.

Booktalk #2

Imagine turning 13 and having supernatural abilities. As each member of the Beaumont family turns that magic age, their SAVVY, as they refer to their unusual ability, emerges.  12 year old Mississippi Beaumont, known as Mibs, is approaching that enchanted age.  Just before her 13th birthday, her father is in an accident and lies in a coma at the hospital. Will she get her Savvy in time to save him?  Will Mibs be able to move mountains, conjure up hurricanes or have time traveling sneezes like other members in the family?  Join Mibs and her traveling companions as they take an unusual journey to discover her abilities and try to save her father.    (New Hampshire Great Stone Face nominee, 2009-2010)