Savvy by Ingrid Law

This book is a Newberry Honor book, and I gave it a rating of four out of five. Mibs Beaumont can't wait until her thirteenth birthday in just couple of days to learn her savvy. Her mother's savvy is being perfect, Rocket's savvy is that he can give off electricity, and Fish's savvy is that he can influence the weather. However, Mibs' father goes into a coma after a car accident the day before her birthday. Mibs believes her savvy is that she can heal injuries, so she plans to find some way to travel sixty miles to see her father in the hospital. She sneaks onto a bus driven by a traveling bible salesman along with three of her brothers and the preacher's son and daughter. The bus ends up going the wrong direction, so the children encounter many detours and obstacles as they try to convince the driver to take them to the city of Salina. The savvies of Mibs' and Fish create unforeseen events, some good and some not so good. Mibs' sole mission and focus is to get to Salina and save her father's life.

I enjoyed the interaction of the characters as they learned about each other. Mibs needed to learn about her new savvy, and the preachers son had a crush on her. His sister, Bobbi, was a snooty sixteen-year-old, but Mibs uses her savvy to learn about her hidden feelings. The plot itself was okay. There were some interesting events, but the focus of the book was on the characters.