Write about someone going to extreme lengths to return an overdue library book.

Posted in High School on Oct 26, 2022

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“Momo's Adventure” by Alyson Ackman

Casey’s eyes were glued on the ferocious animal in front of her, heart beating wildly as she lay frozen in the tall, dry grass. From between the blades she watched the beautiful leopard placidly groom itself in the sun rays. Casey wished she was close enough to feel the deep throated purring, but didn’t dare move. “Look, Momo,” she whispered to her friend laying next to her. After a pause she huffed, “Of course...

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“Storywriting poems” by Creed .

When an author sets to work, a world is created.Inside the mind, seen by only one.Rattle, dip, drip. A story starts to form.Thieves running wild, evil defiles.Fortresses erected from earthly materials.Rattle, dip, drip. The story goes on.A hero arrives, but in what form?A child? A man? A monster or beast?The kind of which people would throw a great feast?Rattle, dip, drip. Continue on.A setting, the world, could be anything.A wild place, a forest, even outer spac...

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“Raw Sienna” by Nina Chyll

Different day, same nurse with a stump where her empathy should be. ‘And you’re absolutely sure you fell down the stairs again?’Sienna nodded and the nurse rolled her eyes. ‘You sure are a klutz,’ she commented and licked her finger to turn the page on the form she’d filled out last time. ‘Still no family history of inner ear disorders? Strokes? Brain tumours?’Some nurses at the emergency department tried to coax the truth out with words dripping like honey, but Sienna was allergic to honey. Some raised their eyebrows so hig...

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“Ecklesville's Beloved Librarian” by Kristin Neubauer

In her final moments of existence, just milliseconds before “Biographies, N-S” snuffs out her life forever, Librarian Boughton manages one final cry.“Murder!”Her two assistants, slogging through the daily shelving over in Fiction, look at each other.“Did you hear something?” asks Matt.Emma glances over her shoulder toward “Biographies”.“I don’t think so. It was probably just the construction.”Matt slides two books into their proper ...

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“An Overdue Library Book That Costs A Vacation” by 𝔹𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕒 𝕁𝕒𝕕𝕖

A tiny, slimy sand flea dug its way up from the shell filled sand and crawled back under the cloud white coral before a big wave came crashing down. I dug my feet in the warm white sand and plopped down on my frilled blue towel. A gust of wind blew sand in my face so I put on my sunglasses and pushed my blond curls out of my sky blue eyes. My oversized black backpack that was surprisingly full, overflowed...

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“Dangerous books” by Keerththan 😀

I thought Jason was mad. But I was wrong. I was mad! Mad to get imprisoned in this library. It started like this... TRING! TRING! TRING! My phone was ringing! With sleepy eyes, I turned back and took a look at the clock. Damn! It was 11 PM! I attended the call. The voice shouted, "Hey, it's me, Jason." "Why did you call now?" I asked him sleepily. He answered, "I have to submit ...

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“recess odyssey” by Frances Reine

Hypothetically, if Peter gave A Wrinkle in Time back to Joyce face-to-face, he’d die. All the blood in his body would squeeze and compact right there in his cheeks. There’d be nothing left for his arms, his legs, his spine, his feet. And his heart would sputter, all parched while excess blood would leak from his ears. Peter plotted wedging the book into her desk but Joyce was always there, muddy tennis shoes tapping the wobbly desk leg, sitting on top like a crow. Her fri...

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“Running Through Time” by Chase .

Imagine, you are in a crowded city and you pass millions of people on your way to the library. But everyone and everything you pass is exactly the same. Your book is overdue and you will have to pay a fine if it is not returned soon. Everyday from now, the fine will increase by a dollar. The library is just a kilometre away and you could run it in a minute. But every second that passes is a day and every minute that ...

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“A Long overdue unreturned books” by Opher 51 2022 REYES

A Texas man who was captured for neglecting to return a late library book touched off an online whirlwind of snarky remarks and features about the Lone Star State broadening its extreme on-wrongdoing swagger to books. Yet, such cases aren't incomprehensible, and many networks confronted with contracting spending plans and increasing expenses have mandates calling for fines or even capturing warrants when library property...

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“Do Not Bring The Book” by Ed .

I am sitting on a chair reading a book.I like just sitting here relaxing not caring about all the fighting of my siblings. It makes me feel peaceful knowing anytime I feel stressed I can just rest on the couch, Forget about the problems and just, you know, just make me feel calm. But this is not the day. Splash! I get up and wipe off the tomatoes on my Tee-shirt that was thrown by my sister, Roxie. I know you may not believe this but I am the youngest of the family like literally. My mother is 46. My dad is 43. My older...

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“Rose Waters Saves the Book! ” by Kiki Shanae

“ Her heart was a secret garden and the walls were very high” Rose had just borrowed her very first book from the newly built library across her house owned by her bookworm of an aunt yesterday. Her Aunt suggested that little girls her age should read “The Secret Garden” for many girls could be as sour as Mary Lennox and they could learn from her, but Rose Waters was quite the c...

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“Henry Can Help” by Jillian Charlet

“Darla,” my roommate Mary struts to the living room of our suite where I am sitting, studying for my final that is coming up. She holds up a novel that I had finished a week or two ago. “This was due last week.” I look straight up at her losing my train of thought. “Last week? I say indigenously. “No way it could be overdue, I remember turning in books…” I let my sentence trail off as I try to remember ...

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“The Innocent Warrior” by Aileen Andrews

Their hand, an unworthy sack of fleshy scum. Each bulbous vein throbbed beneath the partially concealed skin, rough and calloused. She knew those scars were born out of the torment of others rather than this person’s own expense. The material weaved upon their knuckles rubbed against her smooth and innocent cheeks like sandpaper, muffling any thought of crying out. Muffling any thought bar one. The ebony...

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“Overdue” by S. Closson

If there had been some way to cross the chasm without alerting the pair of guards beneath him, Troy hadn’t thought of it yet.His stomach churned something fierce as he snuck a peek over the side of the rockface and caught sight of just how far away his intended target was. The access terminal he needed to reach in order to get to the forbidden city must have been a good two stories below him, maybe more depending on the angle. Every move seemed to disturb his surroundings, shaking loose a flurry of the red topsoil high i...

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“Borrowed Time ” by Jay Howard

Ordinarily, the smiling couples, small crowds of laughing families and touring strangers would have looked twice at James as he shuffled hurriedly down the broad sidewalk in an awkward half run. The partly sunny day had become completely overcast with threatening grey clouds so that everyone rationally assumed he had been trying to reach his destination before the incoming downpour. In reality, James was praying the rain would provide the distraction and cover that he needed desperately. He was currently being pursued by two of his old cl...

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Write about someone going to extreme lengths to return an overdue library book.

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✍️ 132 stories

“Momo's Adventure” by Alyson Ackman

“Storywriting poems” by Creed .

“Raw Sienna” by Nina Chyll

“Ecklesville's Beloved Librarian” by Kristin Neubauer

“An Overdue Library Book That Costs A Vacation” by 𝔹𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕒 𝕁𝕒𝕕𝕖

“Dangerous books” by Keerththan 😀

“recess odyssey” by Frances Reine

“Running Through Time” by Chase .

“A Long overdue unreturned books” by Opher 51 2022 REYES

“Do Not Bring The Book” by Ed .

“Rose Waters Saves the Book! ” by Kiki Shanae

“Henry Can Help” by Jillian Charlet

“The Innocent Warrior” by Aileen Andrews

“Overdue” by S. Closson

“Borrowed Time ” by Jay Howard

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Start your story with a stern librarian scolding two characters for making noise in the library.

Write about a character who meticulously catalogs everything in their life, until something disrupts their system.

Set your story in a library, after hours.

Write about a character stumbling upon a library book that changes the course of their life, for better or worse.

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