Love this! I was a kid very much like Daniel. I owe my high school librarian a great debt of gratitude for providing me books and refuge. I've written a short story, in fact, in which I imagine some of his doings. I wouldn't normally put a link to one of my own stories in a comment, but I thought you might appreciate this given the topic:

https://medium.com/prismnpen/a-gay-librarian-a-gay-kid-and-oscar-wilde-440c44eece1c