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Each year during National Book Week, Cape Town’s 104 libraries offer a few return days for overdue books, DVDs, and CDs, without the threat of a fine.

This year, 75% of overdue items (5 159 in total) were welcomed back, of which 2 149 were overdue by more than a year, TimesLIVE reports.

30 of the overdue books were Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway, which makes it the most “stolen” book of the year.

Jeff Kinney authored the 2017 book as part of his popular children’s fiction series that follows the life of Greg Heffley, a school wimp.

So yeah, the most overdue book isn’t even the most up to date book in the series.

If you recognise the name for some reason, don’t panic. Just check if you should be taking it back to the library:

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Two years ago, another Diary of a Wimpy Kid book, The Long Haul, was also one of the most overdue books for the year, with 29 copies taking their time to get back onto Cape Town’s library shelves.

In fact, this year, 88 fairytale books were overdue, and the kids can’t be blamed, because well, they’re just kids.

MMC for community services and health Zahid Badroodien said that the libraries were really happy to get so many missing books back, adding that:

“The city’s libraries are places of knowledge and information for all and they boast a combined collection worth R859 million for the benefit of all our residents.

We must ensure these materials are available for our patrons to enjoy, but often, these are targets for thieves, and this is a loss we can ill afford.”

[sources:timeslive&iol]