I can assure you that the book in question will not be returned to circulation. These things happen sometimes. It's not commonly spoken of, but there are quite a few pranksters working in publishing. Thank you for calling to to our attention.
-- Ingrid Katz (chapter 1 paragraph 6)

Importance: Ella returns the flawed copy of "Crime and Punishment" to the library and wants to get to the bottom of the situation. However, Ingrid Katz, who is both an author and the librarian, acts as if these types of strange things happen all the time. Ella is unnerved by her behavior and gets the sense that there is more going on than Ingrid is letting on.

Yes. Well, I didn't see anything remarkable in it when I read it in the paper. It seemed to me like a typical bit of slick lang-and-lit-teacher's prose. Very good, no doubt, for someone at your level of training, but not at...
-- Ingrid Katz (chapter 5 paragraph 7)