A review by abigailbat
Book Uncle and Me by Uma Krishnaswami

4.0

Yasmin loves to read and has made it her goal to read one book every single day. Book Uncle makes this possible. Book Uncle has a stall on the sidewalk outside Yasmin's apartment building and he runs a free lending library - Give One, Take One, Read, Read, Read. But when Book Uncle gets a notice that he needs to buy an expensive permit to keep his stall open, his books may be gone forever. So Yasmin decides to get involved. There is a mayoral election coming up - surely a new mayor would support good things like a free lending library. But first Yasmin and her friends will have to work to get a good mayor elected.

This is a nice story about a girl with a strong love for books, sure to appeal to other voracious readers. It also presents information about campaigning, voting, and helping someone win an election, so might be of special interest this year with the presidential elections coming up. This would be a great chapter book featuring civic engagement.

Hand this to fans of The Year of the Book by Andrea Cheng - readers who identify with Anna Wang with almost certainly identify with Yasmin, too.