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Lafayette author Ingrid Law’s lively novel “Savvy,” named a Newbery Honor book in 2009, is the choice for the 2014 Youth One Book, One Denver, the citywide summer reading program for children between 9 and 13. Law said she hopes her book can help bring families together. “It’s just so exciting to get to share my book with summer readers who otherwise maybe wouldn’t read it, or any book,” she said. Young readers chose “Savvy” over two other Colorado finalists: “Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School and Other Scary Things” by Lenore Look, and “The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle” by Avi. Children voted through after-school programs, public libraries and other venues. “Savvy,” about a girl’s effo...