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This is a cute book about a boy named Ledger, who comes from a family with a mystical "savvy" received on their thirteenth birthday. It is the sequel to Savvyby Ingrid Law, but in my opinion you do NOT have to read them in that order. I actually read this one first because I didn't know it had a predecessor, and while I wondered why they randomly focused on certain relatives (the book is several years after Savvy ends), not knowing about what happened in the other book didn't hamper my read.

Now, to the savvy. On your thirteenth birthday you might start sneezing your way back in time. Maybe you can talk to bugs, or move things telepathically. Perhaps you are perfect in every single way, or can make someone to do something just by smiling at them. Whatever the case, that is a savvy. And Ledge just got his, and it's not the super-speed he wants in order to please his father, who wants him to run races. No, his savvy is that he can break stuff. Anything metal, it's going down. He's a breathing catastrophe waiting to happen.

Now Ledge's parents have left him at the family farm with other relatives (and a certain electric cousin named Rocket - the main girl's brother in the first book). And there's a girl in town who is finding out a little too much. Ledge is worried she'll tell the truth to the world - but he also sorta likes her.

Okay, this book doesn't have a ton of romance. It's mainly just fun, quirky, crazy (or "savvy," I should say), and sweet. It focuses on family relationships and learning to be who you really are, and I reccomend this book to anyone with some time on their hands, or any tween or older who likes books like Drizzle.