num_pages: 342
description: For generations the Beaumont family has harbored a magical secret. They each possess a savvy -a special supernatural power that strikes when they turn thirteen. Grandpa Bomba moves mountains her older brothers create hurricanes and spark electricity . . . and now it's the eve of Mibs's big day. As if waiting weren't hard enough the family gets scary news two days before Mibs's birthday: Poppa has been in a terrible accident. Mibs develops the singular mission to get to the hospital and prove that her new power can save her dad. So she sneaks onto a salesman's bus . . . only to find the bus heading in the opposite direction. Suddenly Mibs finds herself on an unforgettable odyssey that will force her to make sense of growing up-and of other people who might also have a few secrets hidden just beneath the skin.
language: English
title: Savvy
publisher: Dial Books