Day 2: The Grand Plan to Fix Everything by Uma Krishnaswami

Day two, I read The Grand Plan to Fix Everything. I picked this book because the main character, Dini is Indian. I’m always looking for chapter books that feature children of different ethnicities to have in the library. I was happy to come across this book and hoped that it was also a good book! And it is a good book. Dini lives in Tacoma Park, Maryland down the street from her best friend Maddie. The two friends spend their free time watching Bollywood movies with their favorite star Dolly Singh. When Dini’s mother announces that the family will be moving to Swapnagiri, India for two years, Dini is devastated. She is moving thousands of miles away from her home and best friend and Swapnagiri is nowhere near Mumbai, where Dolly lives. Dini soon finds out that Swapnagiri, which means Dream Mountain, holds more surprises then she thought. This is a sweet book, with friendship, family, chocolate, monkeys and a happy ending. It is a good choice for third and fourth grade girls that like friendship books.