Savvy Books

Read Savvy, Scumble, and Switch in publication order. Scumble and Switch center on different young relatives and can be understood on their own, but earlier characters return and the family's unusual rules make more sense when read from the beginning.

Sources: Penguin Random House's Ingrid Law bibliography.

These are warm middle-grade adventures, but the first book begins with a serious car crash and a parent's hospitalization. Children run away on a bus trip, adults believe they have been kidnapped, and uncontrolled powers create danger and property damage.

Later books include bullying, family conflict, illness, memory loss, and fear of hurting other people. The series treats magical abilities as a metaphor for growing up and emphasizes self-control, belonging, and accepting help.