the loveliest librarian

He looked around the room and clicked his tongue in patent disapproval. “Oh my! You have let things slip, haven’t you?”

My cheeks flushed, even though I didn’t have any reason to be ashamed of the basement. Once a librarian, always a librarian, I guess. The cascading books did make me feel vaguely uneasy. Like I’d been caught red-handed ducking out of work early, leaving part of my job undone.

Wait.

A statue of a cat had just transformed into a living, breathing man before my very eyes, and I was worried about shelving books according to the Dewey Decimal system? I shook my head. “Just a second,” I said. “Before you start to criticize me, let’s get a couple of things straight. First, I take it you’re a familiar?”

“And I take it you’re a witch.”

“No, I’m a librarian.” [p. 51-52]

Title: Girl’s Guide to Witchcraft
Creator: Klasky, Mindy L.
Publisher: Red Dress Ink
Date: 2006
Type: Text