The 10-year-old boy or the 40-year-old mom reading the book 'they might just have one, too.

There are even those folks who never get splashed by mud after a rainstorm or bit by a single mosquito in the summertime. As Mibs's mom says, One person might make strawberry jam so good that no one can get enough of it. Normal people (the bus driver, the hitchhiker, the obnoxious gum-chomper) have them, too 'they just don't recognize them. Also, the Beaumonts aren't the only ones with savvys. (Literally, perfect 'that's her mother's savvy.) Readers, boys and girls alike, will see a bit of themselves in Mibs. She wishes she could mess up less and be more like her perfect mom. She prefers to be called Mibs, but the mean girls call her Missy-Pissy. She's not excessively brilliant, incredibly attractive or overly girly. What makes this book so engaging is that aside from the whole mind-reading thing, Mississippi isn't extraordinary. When people around her have any type of ink 'say, a tattoo or a pen mark 'on their skin, she can't help but read their minds. Turns out, her savvy has her hearing a whole bunch of voices 'in her head. The thing about Mississippi? She's not always right. Along with her brothers, the cute preacher's son and his obnoxious gum-chomping sister, she sneaks aboard a delivery bus she believes is heading toward her dad, hoping to save him.

At the start of Law's winning debut novel, Mississippi's 13th birthday is only two days away.With her dad in a coma after a horrible car accident, Mississippi is convinced that her savvy will have something to do with waking people up. And when her brother turned 13, he caused a hurricane. When her grandfather turned 13, he created Idaho.

SignatureReviewed by Sarah MlynowskiIn Mississippi Beaumont's family, turning 13 means your savvy kicks in.

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