Library borrower finds single word cut out of book, librarians search for answers

Humans don’t always treat books with the respect they deserve. Some of us are spine-benders, while others are page-folders. But, this one is something we’ve not seen before. 

A library in Ayer, Massachusetts, posted that one of its borrowers returned a book to a partner library with a note saying that “a single word was cut out of page 51.” 

Per the Facebook post, the librarian assumed that page 51 of the book had been ripped. But, what they found instead ensnared their curiosity—and that of the library’s patrons.  Read more…

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