Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen!

I saw Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen! by Sarah Kapit on a list for the Schneider Family Book Award. I had forgotten about it until I was looking at something my sister was working on for her library--so I decided to check it out. This book is about Vivy, who has autism and loves baseball. She is an expert at the knuckleball pitch, and when she gets invited to join an all-boys Little League team, she is thrilled when her mom reluctantly agrees. The book is written as a series of letters Vivy writes with her major league baseball player pen pal VJ.

I loved this book! I finished it in like 24 hours because it was just an engaging story, and I wanted to see how things would pan out. I liked the letter format and thought Vivy was a really wonderful character. I found out afterward that the author has autism, which makes the story even cooler that it's written from an authentic perspective.

Rating: * * * (3/3 = Loved it)