“During his senior year in high school, Olly cut class one day and was hanging around in the library when he noticed a book with a provocative woman on the cover. he wanted to read the book, but was afraid to check it out because his friends might find out that he was reading. He said he wanted to be known for fighting and cussing, not reading, so he stole the book. Weeks later when he returned the book to its place on the shelf, he noticed another book by the same author. He stole that one too, and ended up reading four books by Frank Yerby, an African American author. Olly Neal became a reader, went to law school, and became an appellate judge in the Arkansas Court of Appeals. He learned a hidden part of his own story for the first time at this thirteenth high school reunion. The librarian had noticed him stealing the first book, realized why he was stealing, drove to Memphis to buy another Yerby book, and placed the new book on the shelf where he would find it. She made three trips to Memphis.”
From Child and Adolescent Development in Your Classroom by Bergin and Bergin. Pictures linked to sources.
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