Mass Book Burning Riot Rages at BYU Store in Response to Unsolicited Textbook Orders

With fall semester starting up at BYU, textbook season is in full swing yet again. Preparing yourself with all the right materials for your upcoming classes used to be a friendly endeavor. But as of this morning, the BYU store is literally under fire for trying to make a sneaky profit off of vulnerable underclassmen.

Many underclassmen say that they got an email from the BYU store telling them that their order was ready for pickup, when in fact, they hadn’t ordered anything. Most had already purchased all of their books used on websites like Chegg and Amazon, for much cheaper than BYU was charging me for the new versions.

It was clear by the lengthy return line that these innocent students were victims of deceptive and condemnable acts by the University’s bookstore.

“We had a choice. We could either stand in a 2-hour line to go through the process of returning our unwanted books or burn them in a public display of fiery resistance,” says Guy Burns, who started the fire.

Reports say that students used pages from American Heritage books for kindling and larger chemistry textbooks for the main fuel.

“I’m morally against book burning in all cases except when those same books could be purchased cheaper on Amazon,” said Chelsea Slater, who just finished Fahrenheit 451.

Reminiscent of the cross standing unscathed amidst the rubble of a crumbling Notre Dame, all religion textbooks seemed to be miraculously fireproof.

Tune into BYU TV for high-definition footage of the riot and a formal apology from the administration of BYU Store for their objectively and irrefutably despicable actions.