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Rosengård, Malmö
The library became my second home
Amira went there because it was warm. She stayed because someone asked what she wanted to read.
Person
Amira, age 14
Role
Pupil, year 8
Told in
Swedish
Published
2025 · 6 min read
The first time I walked into the library it was because it was raining. I had an hour before practice and nowhere to be. I sat by the window at the back and pretended to read a newspaper.
”Nobody had ever asked me that before. What I wanted to read.”
After a week one of the librarians came over and asked what I liked to read. I said I do not read. She said that was not what she had asked.
Now I have my own card and borrow four books at a time. My little brother comes with me on Tuesdays. He only reads comics so far, but he reads.
Sometimes I think about how close I came to never walking in. It was raining. That was the only reason.