Mississippi Beaumont ("Mibs" for short) simply cannot wait for her 13th birthday. In the Beaumont family, 13 is when family members get their "savvy," or unworldly power. For Mibs's older brother Fish, it's control over the elements, and for her mother it's the ability to do everything perfectly. Unfortunately, Mibs's excitement is cut short when her father is injured in a car accident. Convinced that her new powers will be able to save her Poppa, she and some new friends climb aboard a bus carrying pink bibles on her birthday, in the hopes of getting to the hospital. Instead they find themselves headed in the wrong direction with the cops looking for them. Mibs's real savvy isn't what she expected, and neither are her traveling companions.
I had a hard time putting this book down. It was a fast read and full of adventure. While I was reading it, I kept asking myself, "What would I want my Savvy to be?"
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