Savvy by Ingrid Law shared by khgar

The Beaumont family has had a secret that they had hidden for many generations. They each possessed a “savvy”. A savvy was a power that they each got when they turned 13. Mississippi (Mibs for short) Beaumont had been counting down the days until her thirteenth birthday. Everything was going fine until they got a horrible phone call. Mib’s dad had been a car crash and was in critical condition. Her mom and older brother Rocket were going to Salina, to a hospital where their dad was. Miss Meeks threw Mibs a birthday celebration, and during the party Mibs, Fish, Samson, Bobbi, and Will got on a bus that would take them to Salina. While Mibs was on the bus it seemed like the tattoos and ink on skin were talking to her; that was her savvy. Lester (the driver) stopped to pick up a lady whose car had broken down and she (Lill Kiteley) joined their trip. Lester stopped to pay someone money that he owed a cruel woman named Carlene. She said that it wasn’t enough money and didn’t accept it. They got into a huge fight and she called the police. One of the policemen was Will’s real father and took the kids to the hospital where Mib’s dad was. When they got there Mib’s remembered that her dad had a tattoo on his back. She told it not to give up many times, and finally her father opened his eyes. It took her father a while to recover, but when he did everything was perfect on Mib’s fourteenth birthday.