He'd known for years that on his thirteenth birthday "a mysterious ancestral force would hit like lightning" giving him his "own off-the-wall talent." Ledger Kale is hoping his special talent, his savvy, will make him the fastest kid on the planet. But nothing turns out as he plans. Instead of speed, he finds himself blowing stuff apart and dismantling things. Dad's stop watch, a light switch...all blown apart. He's become Ledger Kale, "doohickey-destructo boy." The family is headed to Uncle Autry's ranch for a family wedding and all the savvy's will be out in full force. On the long drive over, Dad pulls in for a pit stop and Ledger loses control and explodes a motorcycle in the parking lot of the rest stop right in front of a girl. A girl reporter named Sarah Jane Cabot. She stows away in the back of the family van and arrives at the wedding unbeknownst to the family, to witness all the amazing talents of the bride, groom and assorted relatives. Ledger is struggling to control himself. It seems his feelings surge and his savvy erupts spontaneously leaving a trail of destruction. In the midst of Ledger's battle with himself, his uncle gets a foreclosure notice from Sarah Jane's father. How do all of his relatives control their savvy? Turns out, you learn to scumble. What adolescent doesn't suffer from the waves of emotion that rise and fall throughout each day and how do you learn to contain all those powerful feelings? This is a really fun read with a very likable Ledger and the unleashed family powers are highly entertaining. A great coming of age story. 416 pages Ages 9-13