An 8-year-old snuck his handwritten book onto a library shelf. Now it has a 56-person waiting list.

[Nevilledog]

https://www.upworthy.com/8-year-old-handwritten-book-waiting-list-rp2

Writing a book is no easy task, even for adult professional writers. Many would-be authors dream of a day when their work can be found on library shelves, unsure if it will ever come.

But for 8-year-old Dillon Helbig, that day has already arrived—in truly unconventional fashion—thanks to his own determination to make it happen.

Dillon wrote his 81-page graphic novel, "The Adventures of Dillon Helbig's Crismis" (written by "Dillon His Self&quot in a hardcover journal with colored pencils over the course of a few days. He even put a label on the back of the book that reads "Made in Idho" [sic] and put an illustrated spine label on it as well. Then, without telling anyone, he brought it to his local library in Boise, Idaho, and slipped it in among the books in the children's section.

The library Facebook page shared that it had officially added the book to the collection at the branch, writing, "Imagine our surprise yesterday when Dillon's mom called to tell us that her son had authored an entire book, shelved it at the Lake Hazel Branch, then announced to his family later that he had written a book and it could be checked out at the library."

*snip*

Just a cute little story. Go Dillon!

[A HERETIC I AM]

1. Good for him!

But unfortunately for him, the way it's looking, the population of Idaho doesn't particularly care for free thinking sorts.

[catrose]

2. So that's how you do it. Alrighty then.

[lame54]

3. There's plenty of room

[keithbvadu2]

4. Author! Author!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217738432

paper written by AI artificial intelligence program

"I was suspicious, because a low-performing student turned in a paper that was suspiciously sophisticated for his usual performance."

[orleans]

5. video from your link

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[Faux pas]

6. Kickin'

for Dillon!

[TdeV]

7. Thanks for the story. Video was great too.

[snot]

8. Love it!

Unfortunately, hacking a book into a card catalogue could be more difficult now that they're mostly digital.

Another thought: what if banned books just kept reappearing on library shelves?