Boy steals book

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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113357239&ft=1&f=4516989

As he told his daughter, Karama, recently, he stumbled onto a book written by African-American author Frank Yerby. And the discovery changed the life of a teenage boy who was, in Neal's memory, "a rather troubled high school senior."

The book was The Treasure of Pleasant Valley — and it had an alluring cover, especially for a teenage boy.

Neal remembers it being "risque — a drawing of a woman who appeared to be wearing something that was basically see-through. But the symbolism was really great for me at that age of 16."

There was just one problem: If Neal took the book to the checkout counter, he was sure that the girls who worked on the counter would tell his friends.

What a great tribute to a caring librarian.

[noiretextatique]

1. beautiful story...i read frank yerby when i was young too

my parents had a few of his books in our library at home.

[BlooInBloo]

2. It was a simpler time...

EDIT: And gawd bless that librarian.

[RaleighNCDUer]

3. Great story.

Today, of course, he'd wind up in juvie, be expelled from school, then go on to be a career criminal. After all, we can have zero tolerance for such behavior.