12-Year-Old Who Asked Mailman For Junk Mail Gets Hundreds of Books

Matthew Flores asked his mailman for junk mail to read since he had no books at home or money for a bus fare to the library. 

After the mailman's plea went viral, the 12-year-old boy received hundreds of books.

"A young man was standing here reading junk mail and asked me if I had any extra," Ron Lynch told NBC News.

Flores has a passion for reading and asked Lynch for junk mail so he would have anytime of literature to read.

"I like using my imagination. It's super fun and it's interesting plus it gets you smarter," Flores told NBC News. 

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