I’ve always wondered how many things are impossible only because we are told they are. When I was a kid, I was convinced that I could see air-see its movements and patterns through a room-but everyone insisted that it was impossible. If I could choose, I think I would like to fly or breathe underwater. Q: What do you think your savvy would be? While these challenges may not manifest themselves as hurricanes and electrical sparks in real life, I think they can feel just as powerful and out of control to the young person navigating them. Watching my own daughter, I am constantly reminded of the challenges young people face-the struggle for identity, the enormous physical and emotional changes, the often conflicting voices of parents, friends, teachers, and media. She lives in Colorado with her teenage daughter. She is the author and illustrator of two e-books for children, and her artwork has appeared in local and national art shows in the US. Suddenly, Mibs finds herself on an unforgettable odyssey that will force her to make sense of growing up-and of other people, who might also have a few secrets hidden just beneath the skin. With the hope that her new power will save Poppa, Mibs sneaks onto a salesman’s bus bound for the hospital… only to find the bus heading in the opposite direction.

As if waiting for her savvy to show up wasn’t hard enough, Mibs’s family gets scary news two days before her birthday: Poppa has been in a terrible accident. Grandpa Bomba moves mountains, Mibs’s older brothers create hurricanes and spark electricity…and now it’s the eve of Mibs’s big day.

They each possess a “savvy”-a special power that strikes when they turn thirteen. For generations, the Beaumont family has harbored a secret.

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