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📖 The Bookstore Boy

When I was in 8th grade, books were a luxury my family couldn’t afford. My father, despite his best efforts, couldn’t buy us books or even spare the money for a library visit. But hunger for knowledge has a way of finding its own path.

Every afternoon after school, I would slip into a small bookstore near my neighborhood. I couldn’t buy anything, so I did the only thing I could—I read while standing. Page after page, book after book, I devoured stories, ideas, and words, hoping no one would ask me to leave.

At first, the bookstore owner would eye me with suspicion, probably wondering if I was just another kid wasting time. But over time, he saw me return, again and again, lost in the pages of books I couldn’t afford. One day, instead of shooing me away, he smiled and said, “Ah, here comes The Bookstore Boy.”

That name stuck. The Bookstore Boy.

He never stopped me from reading. He never asked me to buy anything. Maybe he saw something in me, maybe he understood that stories were my escape, my education, my everything.

Years later, as I look at the bookshelves in my own home, stacked with stories I once could only dream of reading, I remember that boy—the one who stood for hours, flipping pages, lost in the magic of words.

To every Bookstore Boy and Bookstore Girl out there, keep reading. Even if you have to stand. Even if you have to borrow. Even if the world tells you books aren’t meant for you. Because words have a way of shaping destinies.

📚 What’s a book you once read in a bookstore or library when you couldn’t afford to buy it? Drop it in the comments! Let’s celebrate the love of reading.

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