Savvy by Ingrid Law

Mibs Beaumont is about to turn thirteen and in her family that is a BIG deal because at thirteen, your savvy begins to show itself.  One of her brothers caused a hurricane on his thirteenth birthday and her other brother has a way with electricity.  But just two days before her birthday, Mibs’ father, who comes from the non-savvy side of the family, is involved in an accident that puts him into a coma that’s he’s not coming out of.  Mibs decides that she needs to get to him because she’s sure that she can pull him out of his coma.  So she sneaks onto a bus along with some others (some accidentally, some on purpose) and the adventure begins.

This book was a quick, fun read.  I loved the writing.  It was a little bit silly, but not overly so, just enough to make it fun to read.  I liked this book but I didn’t love it and I can’t quite figure why.  It just didn’t grab me like some books do.  It was fun and well written and there was a good, original story with even a little bit of a message but somehow it just didn’t do it for me.  I liked the characters but sometimes they were just a little too much, or not enough.  Now, I realize I’m not the target audience for this book and that may have something to do with my disappointment in the book.  I was just expecting a little more from a book that won a Newbery Honour (2009).