When the evil Tax Queen and mayor decides to double everyone's taxes, city accountant Colin decides to run for mayor to save the citizen's hard-earned money. They must campaign to earn votes in a fierce election that splits the city right in half.

— Simon Traub-Epstein, International Library of Young Authors

From the publisher: “When Colin, a mild-mannered accountant, hears that the mayor of his town (AKA the Tax Queen) wants to create a new holiday called More Taxes Day, he decides to take matters into his own hands and run for mayor himself.”