Savvy
Ingrid Law
Theme
The theme of "Savvy" is finding out who you are and how a talent you have can be important and special.
Summary/Plot
Savvy is about a young girl, Mississippi, who is trying to find herself in the world. She is looking forward to her 13th birthday, which meant for the Beaumont family getting there "savvy" or special power. Her brother, Rocket, can control electricity and her other brother, Fish, can control weather. At first Mibs, Mississippi, thinks that she can wake people up by being with them. On the morning of her 13th birthday she walked past her sister, Gypsy, and Mibs woke her up. Also she woke up the "dead" turtle, but everyone thinks he was just hibernating. Her dad is in the hospital after being in a car accident, so she is trying to find a way to get to him. While her birthday was going on she slipped out the door to get on a bus that was heading to the Salina Hospital, where her dad is. Fish, Bobbi, Will, and Samson followed Mibs on the bus. These friends have a big journey ahead of them. Will they make it to Salina Hospital in time to save Mr. Beaumont? Read the book to find out!
Conflict
In "Savvy" the main conflict is that Mibs is trying to find a way to save her dad. She was supposed to save him with her power to wake things and people up, but then she found out that her savvy was to hear thoughts from people with ink on them, like tattoos.
Characters
Mississippi (Mibs) Beaumont
She is the 13 year old protagonist. She is brave because she gets on the bus with out anyone knowing. She is courageous because she lies to some people and she goes on a long journey to help her dad. She is determined because she never gives up throughout the journey to help her dad, even when the odds are low.
Fish Beaumont
He is 14 years old. He is often hot-tempered, but he is generally supportive of MIbs. His savvy is the ability to control weather.
Rocket Beaumont
He is 17 years old. His savvy is the ability to control electricity.
Samson Beaumont
He is 7 years old. He likes hiding in dark and he does not talk much. His touch has a strengthening effect on people, but it is not clear whether this is his savvy coming early or a part of his personality. When he appears everyone around him is stronger.
Lester Swan
He is the bus driver who lets them on his bus, the Heartland Bible Supply Company Bus, and he drives them to the Salina Hospital to help Mib's father.
Will and Bobbi Meeks
They are brother and sister who tag along with Mibs to help her father. They are very frightened and shocked when they find out about the Beaumont's savvies.
Setting
The story mainly takes place on the Heartland Bible Supply Company Bus, but sometimes they are at home, in the church, at the restaurant, at the motel, or at the Salina Hospital.
"Savvy" Publishing
This book should be published because it is a funny yet serious. It is funny because sometimes the Beaumont kids' savvies go wrong and they mess something up or they have to move from their home because of the dangers their savvies brought them. The book is also serious because Mr. Beaumont is in the Salina Hospital and he is about to die, and they are very scared for him.
This book also very creative with the names of the characters, the savvies, and the plot. The book also kept me wondering what was going to happen, and sometimes when I got to the end of a chapter I wanted to keep reading. This book should be published because it is a very interesting and fun book.