Walden Media | Savvy by Ingrid Law, New York Times Bestseller | Walden.com — About the Book

Overview

Savvy, by first time author Ingrid Law, strikes a deep chord in readers. Set in the American Heartland, the story captures the awkwardness of the move to adulthood. This open, fresh-faced story is devoid of the cynicism characteristic of many youth-oriented books today. Ingrid Law’s first novel is like nothing else--a tall tale, a fantasy, one family’s saga, swirling around like a dusty dream on the plains of the heart.

Plot

Savvy tells the story of Mibs Beaumont, on the eve of becoming a teenager. As if that prospect weren’t scary enough, thirteen is when a Beaumont’s savvy strikes—and with one brother who causes hurricanes and another who creates electricity, her savvy promises to be extraordinary.

But just before her birthday, her Poppa is in a terrible accident. Suddenly, her dreams of X-Ray vision disappear. All she wants now is a savvy that will save her Poppa. In fact, Mibs is so sure she’ll get that powerful savvy that she sneaks a ride to the hospital aboard a rickety bus—with her siblings and the preacher’s kids in tow. But when the bus starts heading in the wrong direction, only one thing is certain: after this adventure, no one on the bus will ever be the same.

Reading the fantastical tale of the Beaumont family will leave you as changed as if you’d just discovered your own savvy—and who’s to say you won’t, once you’ve learned how to look?

Download the first chapter of Savvy and find this exciting new book in a bookstore or library near you in May 2008.

For more about the book, www.penguin.com/savvy