Andromeda's a strong lady, right? I'd categorize her as such at least...
Last weekend, the boy and I took a road trip to Charlotte to visit some friends who are getting married soon. I had Savvy in the car to read, and have LOVED looking at the cover for some time! It's GORGEOUS!
It has some award of some kind... Newberry? Something... It also ended up on the North Carolina book awards... is that because the author is from NC? I have no idea...
In the book, the main character (Mississippi, who gains the unforunate nick name of "missy pissy" which is why i can only assume the book gets a lexile of 1070... it is NOT HARD) is 2 days away from turning 13. Upon turning 13, the people in her family discover what their "savvy" is. Now, if you can get through the book without hearing Johnny Depp saying "savvvvy" every 5 seconds, good for you!
The cover was the best part. I think kids would enjoy it - my fourth graders have... I was kind of bummed about Mississippi's "savvy" and would like to hear about one of the boys instead - the girls' savvies are kind of lame, like "always does stuff perfectly" and "can grab radio waves out of the air" while the boys have cool talents like "when angry, causes storms and rain" and "catches things on electrical fire"
Maybe this is what has inspired my latest book purchase... but that's for a slightly different entry ;)
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