“She sank to the floor looking for the world as if she were staring right through the checkered brown and blue linoleum to behold the burning hot-lava core at the very center of the Earth. “Its Poppa,” Momma said in a chocked voice, as her perfect features stretched and pinched.” Mib’s Poppa falls into a coma and the family is separated when Momma and Rocket go to the Kansas hospital leaving Mississippi in Nebraska. This novel is Mib’s perspective through growing up along with hope, courage, and responsibility. Savvy, written by Ingrid Law, is targeted toward young adult readers from the ages of nine to twelve years. Savvy is a tale of a young woman’s journey that should be placed in the Little Free library because of the power
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Mississippi refuses to abandon her mission of ninety miles to Salina Hope Hospital, “I'd hitchhike if I had to. I'd walk. There was no other way around it… I had to leave and I had to do it right then and there. I had to find Poppa and I had to use my savvy to wake him up” (63). Additionally, Mib’s deals with vulnerability and relies on her human power to connect and communicate. "You never give up, Poppa, not ever. That's your savvy. You never, ever give up."(328) Named a 2009 Newbery Honor Book, Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award, New York Times Bestseller, An ALA Notable Book for Children 2009, Lamplighter Award 2011, and A Publisher’s Weekly Best Book of 2008, Savvy is presents engaging characters and relatable events. (Reviews for …show more content…
Savvy is an enriching story, leading the reader into an emotional adventure that teaches about leadership and courage. Kevin, an Old Donation School fifth grader, is actively involved in Battle of the Books and engages in emotion of any book. “It’s all about perspective, about how people feel.” (Kevin Collins) This novel draws the reader in from the begging and doesn’t let go until Mibs reaches her destination. “I pretended not to notice the tears on Grandpa's cheeks as we walked on along the beach. But I held his hand tight and strong all the way back home” (14.5). This story should be shared with the Seatack community, “Perhaps Samson's strengthening touch was just an ordinary sort of human magic, the kind of magic that exists in the honest, heartfelt concern of one person for another.”(13.5) Savvy displays examples hope and lessons which teach about special and relatable talent that powerfully connects with the
Mississippi refuses to abandon her mission of ninety miles to Salina Hope Hospital, “I'd hitchhike if I had to. I'd walk. There was no other way around it… I had to leave and I had to do it right then and there. I had to find Poppa and I had to use my savvy to wake him up” (63). Additionally, Mib’s deals with vulnerability and relies on her human power to connect and communicate. "You never give up, Poppa, not ever. That's your savvy. You never, ever give up."(328) Named a 2009 Newbery Honor Book, Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award, New York Times Bestseller, An ALA Notable Book for Children 2009, Lamplighter Award 2011, and A Publisher’s Weekly Best Book of 2008, Savvy is presents engaging characters and relatable events. (Reviews for …show more content…
Savvy is an enriching story, leading the reader into an emotional adventure that teaches about leadership and courage. Kevin, an Old Donation School fifth grader, is actively involved in Battle of the Books and engages in emotion of any book. “It’s all about perspective, about how people feel.” (Kevin Collins) This novel draws the reader in from the begging and doesn’t let go until Mibs reaches her destination. “I pretended not to notice the tears on Grandpa's cheeks as we walked on along the beach. But I held his hand tight and strong all the way back home” (14.5). This story should be shared with the Seatack community, “Perhaps Samson's strengthening touch was just an ordinary sort of human magic, the kind of magic that exists in the honest, heartfelt concern of one person for another.”(13.5) Savvy displays examples hope and lessons which teach about special and relatable talent that powerfully connects with the