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Savvy: Book 2

Scumble (2010) (edit title/settings)

by Ingrid Law (Author) (edit contributors)

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Nine years after Mibs' Savvy journey, her cousin Ledge has turned 13 and embarks on one of his own. His savvy may be one of the most dangerous ones yet, so it's crucial that he learns how to control it. Control it NOW, that is, before he destroys his Grandpa's farm. A strange girl follows... read more

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Gr 4-7–In this rollicking companion novel to Savvy (Dial, 2008), nine years have passed since Ledger Kale's cousin Mibs turned 13 and began her magical experience. Since he was a young boy, Ledge knew his family was unlike others, with each member gaining an unusual and often unpredictable... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Gr 4-7–In this rollicking companion novel to Savvy (Dial, 2008), nine years have passed since Ledger Kale's cousin Mibs turned 13 and began her magical experience. Since he was a young boy, Ledge knew his family was unlike others, with each member gaining an unusual and often unpredictable power, called a savvy, upon turning 13. He hoped that his would enable him to be supersonically swift and race marathons with his dad. Unfortunately, it seems just to entail breaking things. When the Kales travel to Wyoming for a wedding, Ledger's newly found savvy wreaks havoc upon the ceremony and its guests and levels the barn on his Uncle Autry's farm. The disaster has an unwelcome witness, Sarah Jane Cabot, daughter of a wannabe-reporter and local businessman. As Ledge's savvy grows by monumental and ever more destructive proportions, his family decides that he needs to stay on his uncle's farm until he learns to scumble (control) it, and he fears he'll be condemned to stay there forever. Ledge's need to scumble is a race against time before Sarah Jane figures out the family's peculiar secrets, or her father follows through with foreclosing of the family farm. Law's vibrant storytelling and cast of likable characters will keep readers hooked throughout. The title stands alone in its fast-paced plot with twists and turns galore, and readers familiar with Savvy will eat it up and wish for more.

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  • Ledger "Ledge" Kale: Having just turned 13, Ledge discovers his Savvy. His Savvy at first appears to be a bad thing.
  • Fedora Kale: Ledger's little sister, very safety-conscious.
  • Dinah O'Connell: Ledge's mom, can convince people to do anything with her dazzling smile.
  • Thomas Kale: Ledge's dad. Has no savvy but can run very fast anyway. Wants Ledge to become a runner.
  • Rocket Beaumont: Ledge's cousin, still working to control his electrical savvy.
  • Autry O'Connell: Ledge's uncle, owns a ranch and has a gift with insects.
  • Mesquite O'Connell: Autry's daughter and Marisol's twin, has side-to-side telekinesis.
  • Marisol O'Connell: Autry's daughter and Mesquite's twin, has up-and-down telekinesis.
  • Bomba O'Connell: Ledge's grandfather, the family patriarch, can move the earth. Created the valley where the family gathers for events.
  • Noble Cabot: Sarah Jane's father. Owns half the town, and loves foreclosing. Tries to close down any company that may influence his daughter into believing that events out of the ordinary can happen. Is keeping a big secret from his daughter.
  • Winona Neary: Mechanic and daughter of Gus Neary, sculptor in the medium of scrap metal.
  • Gypsy Beaumont: Rocket's little sister, still savvy-less.
  • Samson Beaumont: Rocket's brother, generally invisible.
  • Mississippi Beaumont: Rocket's sister, hears ink on skin.
  • Fisher Beaumont: Rocket's brother, makes storms, marrying Mellie Danzinger.
  • Mellie Danzinger: Fisher's bride, floats.
  • Julianna Payne: Ledge's great-aunt, travels back in time when sneezes.
  • Fedora "Fe" Kale: Ledger's sister
  • Sarah Jane Cabot: Obnoxious local girl who keeps trying to spill the beans about savvies through her stupid newspaper.
  • Mississippi (Mibs): Ledger's cousin whose savvy allows her to hear thoughts through ink on the skin.
  • Rocket: Add a description of this character.
  • Fisher (Fish): Another one of Mibs' brothers who has power of the weather
  • Samson: Another one of Mibs' siblings who can become invisible
  • Gypsy: Mibs' sibling who is not 13 yet
  • Tucker: Mibs' sibling
  • Grandma: She had passed away but left music and radio broadcasts in jars that they family values
  • Grandpa Bomba: The oldest member of the clan who is weak and loves his wife's jars of music created from her savvy
  • Hedda: Maid for the Cabots
  • Eva Mae: Ancestor to the savvy group
  • Ledge: Ledge is a thirteen year old boy he has brown hair and he skin color is a really light tan.
  • Beacham
  • Jenny
  • Alexandra
  • Ryan
  • Gus Neary: Owner of the junkyard
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  • “I think he just had to learn to make some choices. (p. 393)”
    Ledger Kale
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  • I pictured my cousin blowing out her birthday candles and sprouting pixie wings, shrinking down to the size of Thumbelina to spend the rest of her life living on a toadstool surrounded by dandelions and daisies, farting glitter and singing kumbaya.
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  • “Some fears can be conquered, Ledge,” he went on after a lengthy silence. “Others have a way of coming back around. Sometimes at the moment you least expect. Often with the very worst possible timing. Fear makes it hard to think. And when you can’t think, it’s hard to figure out your choices. When you can’t see all your options, all you can do is react.”
    Highlighted by 37 Kindle customers
  • My sister’s second-grade teacher had been a stickler for safety, and Fe carried her most memorable sayings inside her head, handing them out like toothbrushes on Halloween.
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  • Fedora bounced like a jumping bean soaked forty days in Red Bull and then set out in the sun.
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  • “When I turned thirteen,” Grandpa carried on, “my savvy opened a crack in the earth so deep, I fell in and conked my noodle on the earth’s very core. I was nearly a grown man before I found my way back up from the depths and the darkness. And the headache I got lasted years.”
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  • No one knew which were true and which were super-sized servings of deep-fried baloney.
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  • “Er . . . what kind of Harley?” I asked, flinching, pretty sure I already knew the answer. “I had a ’47 Knucklehead. Now I’ve got a kit.” She pointed over her shoulder toward the pile of dismantled pieces. My stomach felt like lead. Inside my chest, my heart hammered against my ribs: My fault. My fault. My fault.
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  • Her eyes were as sharp and black as chiseled obsidian as they surveyed me.
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  • “We have to stop now!” I announced. “Yeah, I’m dying here,” Fedora chimed in, straining against her seat belt. “My butt’s going to fall off and I’m thirsty. Ledge drank everything we had.”
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  • Seeing Grandpa fumble through a football helmet full of useless lids was like watching someone eat crackers and call it cake.
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

During a summer on a ranch in Wyoming

First Sentence edit see section history

MOM AND DAD HAD KNOWN ABOUT the wedding at my uncle Autry's ranch for months.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Family Tree
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Acknowledgments

Glossary edit see section history

  • Scumble: To control one's savvy well enough that it does not harm others during emotional distress, and even becomes useful. Also a painting term for toning down a bright hue so that the picture is more harmonious.
  • Savvy: A gift discovered on the 13th birthday of all Ledge's relations on his mother side. Can be amazing (telekinesis), dangerous (electrical discharge), or just plain strange (traveling back in time with every sneeze).

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 2 of 2 in Savvy. (standard series)

Preceded by Savvy.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Ingrid Law (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Dial
Country: United States
Publication Date: August 17, 2010
ISBN: 0803733070
Page Count: 416

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