Yes, No, Maybe So Synopsis

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Yes, No, Maybe So by Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed.

Jamie Goldberg is the dictionary definition of awkward. He stutters while speaking to strangers, or basically anyone and prefers to stay behind the scenes. He’s fine with volunteering for his local state senator, as long as he doesn’t have to make public appearances and speeches. There’s no way he would knock on random people’s doors asking for their votes. Until he meets Maya. Or meets Maya again. 

You see, Maya and Jamie go way back. They used to be best friends in kindergarten. That lasted until they both got separate lives and forgot about each other. Who remembers their kindergarten best friend anyway? Until Jamie and his sister, Sophie, go shopping and Jamie spots a familiar figure. While trying to remember how he’s seen this person before, he knocks down a display of cans. That attracts the girl’s attention, and he spends some time picking up the cans. When he’s done, the girl is gone. 

Later that day, his mom forces Jamie to come and attend a Ramadan festival. There he sees the girl again. He sees his mother talking to none other than the girl’s mother, and he finally pieces together, that the girl is Maya, his kindergarten friend. 

Maya Rehman is having the worst Ramadan ever. Her best friend no longer has time for her, and her summer trip is canceled. To make matters worse, her mother thinks that the solution is to canvass with a boy from her past that she hardly remembers. Canvassing is when people go knocking on strangers' doors and ask for their votes. Then they mark the person’s vote as Yes, No, or Maybe So. 

Polls are getting close, racial injustice is occurring, and Maya and Jamie are trying to do everything they can do to stop it. 


‘This book was sweet and hilarious. I love to learn more about politics, so this book introduced me to more of the problems in our society. It covered many major issues like racial injustice and political campaigns. I loved the diversity in the characters. Maya was a Muslim girl and Jamie was Jewish. Sure, I wished they talked a little more about their religions, but at least they made an appearance, which is more than I can say for a few other books. Half of the book took place in Ramadan, and I was happy to see that Maya was fasting by choice. They also made Jamie’s sister, Sophie, have a bat mitzvah, which is a religious coming to age party like a quinceanera. They made references to the Office, which is a widely known show and there was a lot of humor. It’s safe to say, that I really liked this book and that I would recommend it to people who like the fiction, and political genre.’ 

- Reader1046


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