'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.

The plot follows a cousin of Mibs, Ledger Kale, whose savvy is to break anything, and also takes place nine years afterward. The sequel to Savvy, Scumble, was released in August 2010. '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.' - School Library Journal In addition to the 2009 Newbery Honor, Savvy was named the second runner up in the 2011 Indian Paintbrush Book Award. 'Readers will delight in the tall-tale tropes and Ledge's authentic physical, emotional, and artistic challenges.' - Booklist, starred review Over the course of one amazing summer, Ledge learns a lot about himself and his family, makes a new - and very unlikely - friend, and learns to appreciate his newfound skills. Now, in addition to trying to figure out how to control - or scumble - his savvy, he's got to worry about how to protect the family secrets. To top it all off, someone outside the family has witnessed his destruction. It starts out with small things, but then it gets worse. But when his birthday comes, he discovers that his savvy is actually making things fall apart. More than anything, he wants the power to run like the wind. It's nine years after Savvy, and Mibs' cousin Ledge is on the verge of turning thirteen. It’s simply learning to balance all the different parts of yourself so that you don’t let the one thing that feels most out-of-control take over and rule your life.Read the New York Times bestseller and companion to Newbery Honor winner Savvy! “Scumbling is not about you trying to fit in with the rest of the world it’s about making your savvy fit in better with you. That way the painting feels more balanced. Scumbling doesn't get rid of that bright color, it blends it better with the rest of the picture.

“But the way I understand it, scumbling is a technique painters use to tone down a color so bright it jumps right off the canvas-so intense it takes over-making it hard to notice anything else about the painting. That is the day when his savvy, a special magical talent that all members of. “Momma could explain it to you better,” he went on. Thirteen is when a Beaumonts savvy hits - and with one brother who causes hurricanes. Ledger Kale has looked forward to his thirteenth birthday in anxious anticipation. “Did you know that the word scumble is a painting term, Ledge?” 250-251), the connection to painting is explained: A definition is given in the description for the book Scumble on Amazon:

Savvy scumble