Savvy- Book Blog

I am reading the book Savvy , which is written by Ingrid Law. From what I've read, I believe this book is about a girl who is named Mississippi, but her family calls her Mibs. She is going to turn thirteen, and you are supposed to gain powers. A question that I had when I first saw the book was, "What does savvy mean? " I looked it up in the dictionary and savvy is practical knowledge or common sense. I did not know what this had to do with the book. But as I continued to read, I realized that the book was about her finding her savvy. Throughout the book, I have also made a few connections. The first one was on page 6, and it says, "girls only get quiet, polite savvies- sugar and spice and everything humdrum savvies. It's boys who get the earthshaking kinds of savvies." I has scowled at my brother and stuck out my tongue. Rocket and I both new that there were plenty of girls climbing round our family tree that had strong and sturdy savvies." This is a connection because I have heard in the past that girls aren't as good as boys, but I believe that we are each individually good and bad at some things. Another connection that I made was on page 7, and it says, "I wasn't the youngest or the smallest in my family." I made a connection with this because I am also not the youngest from my family. Another connection that I made was on page 10, and it says," Grandpa Bomba's tone was soft and reassuring." This made made me think about how my grandparents are always comforting to their grandchildren, and try to find the good in everything.