In the months leading up to the dreaded Primary School Leaving Examinations (PSLE), my form teacher, Miss K, set up a makeshift library in our classroom and put me in charge of managing its operations.
She had assembled a bookcase from Ikea, added multiple candy-coloured plastic stools, and hung up a blue and white bathroom curtain as a divider, transforming a corner of our classroom into a cheerful reading nook.
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