Monday, February 14, 2011

Scumble by Ingrid Law


Nine years after Mibs discovered her special talent in the book Savvy, Ledger Kale is discovering his and so far, he isn't impressed! All he seems to be able to do is break things apart. The angrier he gets, the bigger the mess he makes! When Sarah Jane Cabot, a local girl reporter, witnesses the strange events happening on Ledger's uncle's farm, She threatens to expose them all. Ledge has to learn to control or "scumble" his savvy in order to help save the farm. He soon learns that there may be more to his savvy than he originally thought. This companion novel to Savvy is an exciting and wonderful adventure and every bit as good as the first one. You'll meet new characters and catch up with old ones.

I'm Back!


Hi Everyone!

Over the past three months, I've been busy reading and reviewing books for the state's Bluestem Award for students in grades 3-5. Those of us on the reading committee, from all over the state, had to read 50 books from September through January! On January 29th, all of us met to discuss the books that we read and decide which 20 would make the final cut. We had some very interesting conversations during our meeting, but we finally selected the books for the list. You can see the list of books for 2012 here: www.islma.org/pdf/BluestemMasterList2012.pdf. Now I'm back on this blog again. I hope you will send me your book reviews to post as well (see Emily's reviews below for examples)!