Suspense In Savvy

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Have you ever wanted there to be an adventure that happens in your head, well if you do Savvy is the book for you. Some people might say that the story is slow at the beginning, but it makes up for it with the excitement throughout the book that contains a difficult problem to solve, a lot of suspense and the author’s creative ideas. The main character's dad is in a car crash on her thirteenth birthday and they take a long trip to a far away hospital because they live in the middle of nowhere while meeting new friends and facing new problems with suspense on the trip. This book is really suspenseful and keeps you in suspense for most of the book. One reason for this suspense is that it is the main character’s thirteenth birthday and their

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