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

Posted in Middle School on Oct 25, 2022

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“Secrets Within” by Izzy S

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The librarian was a mean woman who patrolled each part of the library. She did not tolerate any noise, not even the slightest squeak. The only thing that could be heard in the library was the echoing of her heels against the shiny freshly waxed floor.One dark and rainy day, a boy and girl rushed to the library for some books. They were doing a project together that required research.“Hurry up!” Alice called to her friend.“I’m running as fast as I can!” Henry shouted back at her through the pouring rain.Alice opened the door of the library an...

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“Eternal Check-Out” by Joe Swanson

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“If I have to ask you again, I’m going to insist you leave.” “But he appears to be choking.” “Appearances aren’t always what they seem. You see that woman over there. The one with the Australian looking cowboy hat and that, what ever kind of feather its supposed to be sticking out of the band. She pretends to be blind. I know she can see, cause why else would you come to a library. I suspect she’s stealing books and then resells them at these corner book sale places. I haven’t been able to prove it, but I know w...

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“Surprise SSSSHHHH!!!!” by Brenda Butler

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Mrs. Levy had the ability to move and pounce like a cat. Dean B Library was quiet but at least you should be able to hear her walking towards you, thought Gregory . “You two will have to settle down!” Mrs. Levy came out of nowhere. It startled Gregory and Felecia so bad she dropped her book. Gregory laughed out loud making even more noise. Felecia’s book went straight up in the air. “Young man, I don’t see what is funny.” Felecia bent over to pick up the book. Mrs. Levy noticed the title, but chose not to comment. “If I have to venture over ...

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“One Page Is....Ripped” by Narielle Kim

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“You two! The word ‘quiet’ is not in your vocabulary?!” The librarian shouted at us. She’s the one making a noise here. I held my best friend’s arm, “I told you, we should’ve left here already,” I picked up my bag and forced him to come with me. “We were just turning pages of this book, is it even our fault that its pages are staled that’s why it’s making a ‘noise’?” He emphasized the word ‘noise’. I rolled my eyes, “Let’s just go, I need to go to my part-time job. I can’t be late, Morris.” “Fine, let’s go. Bye, librarian! ...

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“Another day” by Alia Alidahir

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" Boys! I will not say it again. Libraries are for…” Mrs. Millers starts. " Reading and studying,” the boys and I say in unison as we finish the sentence for her. We look at each other, then burst out laughing, causing some of the kids to look up from their books. Others just look at us in disgust. Mrs. Miller shakes her head. She’s probably tired of us making a commotion in the library. Every Friday, James and I and some of the other guys come to the library to play our usual Table Battle. We play football and other sports but it is never f...

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“All The Cool Kids Smoke” by Nikita Linivenko

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The principal of our school waved me out of his office. I went down the hall and when I got to the library, Mike Manson and Tom Feldman were being chewed out by the librarian. The way she was going off you’d think they were planning to torch the joint or something. Lianne Thompson paradoxically had a body where everything was tight and flat, yet somehow managed to be what Patrick Bateman would call a ‘hardbody’ all at once. Bluntman and Chronic over there snickered and kept their eyes firmly glued to her button-up blouse. She was completely ...

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“Taboo” by George Puscuta

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‘Excuse me! What do you think you are doing?’ ‘Oh, crap!’ ‘I beg your pardon! I will not tolerate that kind of language in here, young lady!’ ‘What will you tolerate then?’ ‘Certainly not what you two were doing, young man! This is a public institution… With rules! Rules that need to be obeyed!’ ‘What? We were just talking.’ ‘Yes! I noticed that! I could hear you two from across the hall. And, honestly, from where I’m standing, it seems that someone else is doing the talking for you.’ ‘Oh, shit!’ ‘Josh!!!’ ‘Now, if you don’t mind, I would ap...

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“Turn the Page” by Mack Denver

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Madam Monstré was scolding Mark and Steve for being too loud. They were always causing trouble around me. I never seemed to be able to have a moment of peace. I was just newly in the life of a teenage boy, but in no way have my feelings toward that library changed. I go there still today. Madam Monstré is still the librarian there. It seems she always has been, but no one thinks anything of it. After all, a person can grow dedicated to something that they have done for so long. “Now, I do not want to hear another sound from you boys again!” ...

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“The File” by Isabelle Saadatmand

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“No! You have to leave! The commotion you’ve caused is unacceptable!” We snicker at her, keeping up the act. Right now, we need the librarian to believe we are just some delinquent teens here to cause trouble. I whisper something into Mae’s ear, nonsense words really, but enough to keep the librarian’s attention. “Stop that!” She demands, her voice raised higher than what would be expected of her. “You’re being rather loud.” My sister responds in the most demeaning...

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“What Finality Feels Like” by Analise Pugh

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“If you are not going to be quiet, I will have no choice but to ask you to leave the library,” I hear through the book shelves. I lean over from the table where I have been staring at a blank document, where with every blink the cursor reminds me of the minutes wasted. Wasted here, wasted there. Wasted on this essay and wasted in this life. It was the young librarian who had just spoken. She has big, dark blue glasses and a coordinated baby blue sweater. The square shaping of her shoulders and her sharp cheekbones come across as a modern att...

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“You Have To Be Cruel To Be Kind” by Aiyana Henderson

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Charlotte ate green peppers all day long. Both Joy and Greta stared and openly groaned at her in disgust. There she went again in the cafeteria, treating the joy of the spiciest food in the world like it was an ice cream sundae that had come to life. On days like these, Joy Conwell could literally groan out loud. If she didn't want to flunk AP Calculus, she had to get her sorry ass to the library as fast she should say Taco Tuesday. It was definitely more entertaining than someone whose idea of fun was eating a horrible vegetable.Both o...

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“The Missing Book” by Greg Gorman

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“I’m not getting this,” Manny said. “Show me where you started,” André said, looking over at Manny and his work. “Excuse me!” came a voice from behind the librarian’s desk. Manny and André looked up to see Mrs. Nance moving towards them. Mrs. Nance was the school’s librarian, and everyone knew about her long before they started at Breed Middle School. Students past and present heard and told stories of her keeping troublesome students in the closet of the library where she visited whenever she felt hungry. Mrs. Nance was a tall woman; a BI...

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“The Rabbit Hole” by Rex Baker

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Chris and Jeremy had a expression of annoyance plastered on their face, wanting to roll their eyes, But they didn't. They wanted to leave and stop wasting their time listening to the constant rambling of the librarian."I've told you boys countless times this is no place for horseplay, or yelling. You've made it very apparent that it goes in one ear, and straight out the other! Find the book you want, check it out, and go home!" With that the librarian turned, going back to the desk, sitting down and going back to whatever she was doing on th...

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“The lye of a century” by Isabella McAdam

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Too friends where getting ready to have a slumber party with a couple of people , when they noticed that they didn't have any good movies to watch someone texted them saying that they were going to be there in like a hour, one of the friends looked surprised because she could've sworn that she had a good movie to watch the other one looked disorganized because everything was going great until that one moment neither knew what they were going to do it was too late too go to the store but they realized that there was a library near by so they ...

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“Today and Tomorrow” by Alicia Trevino

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In all her forty-two years of living Anne would describe herself as nondescript . She likes being stereotypical. Was she elated to find out her vision was failing? Absolutely. After 14 long years she could finally purchase glasses. Tip them to the bridge of her nose and explained the Dewey decimal system as though she were bored while in reality she lives for the question. Rarely does one love their job as much as Anne and quite rarely does one look the job like Anne. The two boys who have been coming in for the past coupl...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 116 stories

“Secrets Within” by Izzy S

“Eternal Check-Out” by Joe Swanson

“Surprise SSSSHHHH!!!!” by Brenda Butler

“One Page Is....Ripped” by Narielle Kim

“Another day” by Alia Alidahir

“All The Cool Kids Smoke” by Nikita Linivenko

“Taboo” by George Puscuta

“Turn the Page” by Mack Denver

“The File” by Isabelle Saadatmand

“What Finality Feels Like” by Analise Pugh

“You Have To Be Cruel To Be Kind” by Aiyana Henderson

“The Missing Book” by Greg Gorman

“The Rabbit Hole” by Rex Baker

“The lye of a century” by Isabella McAdam

“Today and Tomorrow” by Alicia Trevino

🌟 Similar prompts

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

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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