Miss Lisa's Pick

Scumble
by Ingrid Law

This 2010 companion to Law's Newbery Honor Book Savvy takes place nine years after Mibs Beaumont's adventures. According to family tradition, Ledger Hale inherits his special talent on his thirteenth birthday and things instantly begin to fall apart. Literally.

Ledge decides to stay at his Uncle Autry's ranch in order to get his destructive powers under control. While there, he must contend with his nettlesome twin cousins Mesquite and Marisol, who can levitate anything at will (and often aim the objects at him), his cousin Rocket (a holdover from Savvy) whose ability to control electricity is hair-raising, and Sarah Jane, the daughter of a locally feared businessman, who challenges Ledge to keep his patience and open his heart.

This book answers a lot of "what happened to?" questions left at the end of Law's first book and leaves readers wondering if there will be a companion book to Scvmble as worthy as this one is to Savvy. Let's hope that Ingrid Law decides to keep on writing about these amazing characters in her funny, energetic voice that delights children and adults alike.