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The Friends fund and present various programs throughout the year. These include:

Book Sales at the Plumb Memorial Library
The Murder Mystery Dinner
Oscar Forecast with Joe Meyers – entertainment critic for the Connecticut Post

In addition, several museum passes at Plumb Memorial Library and the Huntington Branch Library are sponsored by the Friends. The passes allow any Shelton library card holder free or discounted admission. Please see our Museum Passes section for more information.

Wowbrary Service

Sign up for the Wowbrary Service, which allows you to see which materials are purchased for each library via a weekly email. You will have to sign up separately for each library.

You can see this week’s listings below:

New Items at the
Plumb Memorial Library

The Truth About the Devlins

The Truth About the Devlins

American Mother

American Mother

The Underground Library

The Underground Library

Cold to the Touch

Cold to the Touch

Like a Mother

The Family Secret

Wait for Dark

Luck and Last Resorts

Luck and Last Resorts

In and Out the Window

In and Out the Window

Liz's Perfect Painting (The Critter Club)

Liz's Perfect Painting (The Critter Club)

My Life with a Food Allergy

My Life with a Food Allergy

Who Is Michael Phelps?

Who Is Michael Phelps?

Big Nate: This Means War!

Big Nate: This Means War!

Demon in the Wood

Demon in the Wood

Elephants: Living Large (Science Comics)

Elephants: Living Large (Science Comics)

Fairest of All: Whatever After #1

Fairest of All: Whatever After #1

I Survived the American Revolution, 1776

I Survived the American Revolution, 1776

I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 (I Survived Graphix #9)

I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 (I Survived Graphix #9)

Katie, Batter Up! (Cupcake Diaries)

Katie, Batter Up! (Cupcake Diaries)

Shiny Misfits

The Truth About the Devlins

Audiobooks & Courses

The Truth About the Devlins

By Lisa Scottoline. Lisa Scottoline, the #1 bestselling author of What Happened to the Bennetts, presents another pulse-pounding domestic thriller about family, justice, and the lies that tear us apart.TJ Devlin is the charming disappointment in the prominent Devlin family, all of whom are lawyers at

American Mother

Literature & Fiction

American Mother

By Colum McCann and Diane Foley. "American Mother is a book that will shake your soul out."-StingNational Book Award-winning author Colum McCann channels Diane Foley’s voice as she tells her story, as the mother of American journalist Jim Foley – in search of answers, beyond justice, found through dogged,

The Underground Library

Literature & Fiction

The Underground Library

By Jennifer Ryan. When the Blitz imperils the heart of a London neighborhood, three young women must use their fighting spirit to save the community’s beloved library in this heartwarming novel based on true events from the author of The Chilbury Ladies' ChoirWhen new deputy librarian, Juliet Lansdown,

Cold to the Touch

Mysteries & Thrillers

Cold to the Touch

By Kerri Hakoda. When the body of a barista is found in the once-pristine Alaskan snow, Anchorage homicide detective DeHavilland Beans is gutted to recognize the young woman, Jolene. He’d bought coffee from her every morning and knew her as a bright college student working her way through school. Devastated

Like a Mother

Mysteries & Thrillers

By Mina Hardy. Writing as Mina Hardy, New York Times bestselling author Megan Hart delivers a nail-biting psychological suspense about the bonds of family, perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell and Jeneva Rose.Sarah and Adam Granatt had the perfect suburban life: a beautiful house, an adorable daughter, a

The Family Secret

Mysteries & Thrillers

The Family Secret

By Kiersten Modglin. A completely addictive domestic thriller from bestselling author Kiersten Modglin...Their new home has a terrifying secret.When freshly engaged Austyn Murphy and Lowell Bass receive the news that Lowell’s parents have died unexpectedly, they set out for the historic Bass estate to

Wait for Dark

Mysteries & Thrillers

By Kiersten Modglin. From million-copy bestselling author Kiersten Modglin, comes a dark and sinister domestic thriller perfect for fans of Marin Montgomery, Rachel Hawkins, and Mary Kubica…They want an ideal life.She’s the only thing standing in their way.The Ashleys are determined to build a future

Luck and Last Resorts

Romance

Luck and Last Resorts

By Sarah Grunder Ruiz. They have a second chance at love, but there are some rough seas ahead in the new contemporary romance from the acclaimed author of Love, Lists, and Fancy ShipsCommitment-phobe Nina Lejeune lives by two rules:1. Always have fun.2. Don’t rely on anyone but yourself.The first rule

In and Out the Window

Children's Books

In and Out the Window

By Jane Yolen. The largest single anthology of Jane Yolen's poetry, containing more than one hundred poems for all occasions—with fun black-and-white art throughout.Our KitchenSmells of mornings,blueberry muffins,hot chocolate, tea.It smells of baconand of eggs.It smells of family.For the first time,

Liz's Perfect Painting (The Critter Club)

Children's Books

Liz's Perfect Painting (The Critter Club)

By Callie Barkley. In the twenty-seventh book of the Critter Club series, Liz tries to create the perfect painting for an upcoming art show, but the ferret she’s pet-sitting has other plans!Liz is having an exciting week! The Critter Club is pet-sitting a ferret, and a local artist is looking for artwork

My Life with a Food Allergy

Children's Books

My Life with a Food Allergy

By Mari Schuh. Meet Hudson! He likes music and skateboarding. He also has a food allergy. Hudson is real and so are his experiences. Learn about his life in this illustrated narrative nonfiction picture book for elementary students. Kids are naturally curious about differences. Hudson sheds light on

Who Is Michael Phelps?

Children's Books

Who Is Michael Phelps?

By Micah Hecht and Manuel Gutierrez. Find out how a mischievous boy became a phenomenal swimmer and the greatest Olympian of all time in this inspiring addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling Who Was? series!Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Michael Phelps began swimming at age seven at the

Big Nate: This Means War!

Comics & Graphic Novels

Big Nate: This Means War!

By Lincoln Peirce. Now a hit animated series on Nickelodeon and Paramount+, Big Nate delights middle grade readers with stories of mischief and misadventure in these full-color comics featuring sixth grader Nate Wright and friends at P. S. 38.Big Nate is a legend at P. S. 38, where he and friends Francis,

Demon in the Wood

Comics & Graphic Novels

Demon in the Wood

By Leigh Bardugo. Discover the start of a grand and sinister destiny in Demon in the Wood, the must-have graphic novel prequel to the bestselling series and international Netflix sensation Shadow and Bone from spectacular new talent Dani Pendergast and #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo.Before

Elephants: Living Large (Science Comics)

Comics & Graphic Novels

Elephants: Living Large (Science Comics)

By Jason Viola. Have you herd? There's a new volume in First Second's STEM graphic novel series: Science Comics: Elephants!Did you know elephants are the world's largest land animals? Male African elephants can reach ten feet tall and weigh up to 16,500 pounds! These endangered animals are beloved for

Fairest of All: Whatever After #1

Comics & Graphic Novels

Fairest of All: Whatever After #1

By Sarah Mlynowski. The magic of the New York Times and PW bestselling Whatever After series comes to life in this brand-new graphic novel adaptation that will appeal to fans of Raina and Wings of Fire alike! Fractured fairy tales have never been this fun.Once upon a time, Abby and her little brother,

I Survived the American Revolution, 1776

Comics & Graphic Novels

I Survived the American Revolution, 1776

By Lauren Tarshis. Nathaniel Fox never imagined he’d find himself in the middle of a blood-soaked battlefield, fighting for his life. He’s only eleven years old! He’s barely paid attention to the troubles between America and England. Instead, he’s been worked to the bone by his cruel uncle.But when his

I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 (I Survived Graphix #9)

Comics & Graphic Novels

I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 (I Survived Graphix #9)

By Lauren Tarshis. A bold graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis's bestselling I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 with text adapted by Georgia Ball and art by Brian Churilla.A battle that changes the course of the war... Paul Colbert’s French village has been under Nazi control for years. His

Katie, Batter Up! (Cupcake Diaries)

Comics & Graphic Novels

Katie, Batter Up! (Cupcake Diaries)

By Coco Simon. The bestselling Cupcake Diaries series is now available in graphic novel format! In this adaptation of the fifth book, Katie tries out for the softball team.Katie’s Cupcake Club friends all have other activities besides making cupcakes. So Katie sets out to find her extracurricular niche.

Shiny Misfits

Comics & Graphic Novels

By Maysoon Zayid. A hilarious story about fame and friendship, by comedian and disability activist Maysoon Zayid, paired with Shadia Amin's absolutely perfect art!Bay Ann wants to shine.She's sure her moment in the spotlight has arrived when she wins the school talent show with a showstopping tap routine!

New Items at the
Huntington Branch Library

Night Swim

Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show

Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show

Fi: A Memoir of My Son

Fi: A Memoir of My Son

Ian Fleming: The Complete Man

Ian Fleming: The Complete Man

Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: Their Stories Are Better Than the Bestsellers

The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: Their Stories Are Better Than the Bestsellers

I Will Tell No War Stories: What Our Fathers Left Unsaid About World War II

I Will Tell No War Stories: What Our Fathers Left Unsaid About World War II

The Weight of Nature: How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains

The Weight of Nature: How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains

The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

The Museum of Other People: From Colonial Acquisitions to Cosmopolitan Exhibitions

The Museum of Other People: From Colonial Acquisitions to Cosmopolitan Exhibitions

The Familiar

The Backyard Bird Chronicles

The Backyard Bird Chronicles

The Believer: A Year in the Fly Fishing Life

The Believer: A Year in the Fly Fishing Life

Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End

Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End

A Sweet Sting of Salt

A Sweet Sting of Salt

Muse of Fire: World War I as Seen Through the Lives of the Soldier Poets

Muse of Fire: World War I as Seen Through the Lives of the Soldier Poets

The Alternatives

The Alternatives

The House of Broken Bricks

The House of Broken Bricks

The Spoiled Heart

The Spoiled Heart

The Understory

Night Swim

DVDs

The producers of M3GAN high dive into the deep end of horror with the supernatural thriller, Night Swim. Wyatt Russell (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) stars as a former major league baseball player, forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, who moves into a new home with his wife (Oscar

Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show

Biographies & Memoirs

Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show

By Tommy Tomlinson. From Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Elephant in the Room comes the first inside account of the Westminster Dog Show—America’s oldest and most beloved dog show—following one dog on his quest to become a champion.Tommy Tomlinson was watching a dog show on television a few

Fi: A Memoir of My Son

Biographies & Memoirs

Fi: A Memoir of My Son

By Alexandra Fuller. From the award-winning New York Times-bestselling author of Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight, Alexandra Fuller, comes a career defining memoir about grieving the sudden loss of her twenty-one-year-old child“Fair to say, I was in a ribald state the summer before my fiftieth birthday.”

Ian Fleming: The Complete Man

Biographies & Memoirs

Ian Fleming: The Complete Man

By Nicholas Shakespeare. A fresh portrait of the man behind James Bond, and his enduring impact, by an award-winning biographer with unprecedented access to the Fleming family papers.Ian Fleming's greatest creation, James Bond, has had an enormous and ongoing impact on our culture. What Bond represents

Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

Biographies & Memoirs

Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

By Judi Dench and Brendan O'Hea. Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it before by pre-ordering internationally renowned actor Dame Judi Dench's SHAKESPEARE: The Man Who Pays The Rent - a witty, insightful journey through the plays and tales of

The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: Their Stories Are Better Than the Bestsellers

Biographies & Memoirs

The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: Their Stories Are Better Than the Bestsellers

By James Patterson and Matt Eversmann. Booksellers and librarians are superheroes, saving lives every single day. Here are their amazing, inspiring true stories as told to the greatest storyteller of our time, James Patterson.To be a bookseller or librarian…You have to play detective.Be a treasure hunter.

I Will Tell No War Stories: What Our Fathers Left Unsaid About World War II

History

I Will Tell No War Stories: What Our Fathers Left Unsaid About World War II

By Howard Mansfield. When Howard Mansfield grew up, World War II was omnipresent and hidden. This was also true of his father’s time in the Air Force. Like most of his generation, it was a rule not to talk about what he’d experienced in war. “You’re not getting any war stories from me,” he’d say.Cleaning

The Weight of Nature: How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains

Science

The Weight of Nature: How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains

By Clayton Page Aldern. A deeply reported, eye-opening book about climate change, our brains, and the weight of nature on us all.The march of climate change is stunning and vicious, with rising seas, extreme weather, and oppressive heat blanketing the globe. But its effects on our very brains constitute

The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

Society

The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

By Amanda Montell. From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores our cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages, and highlights of magical thinking.Utilizing the linguistic insights of

The Museum of Other People: From Colonial Acquisitions to Cosmopolitan Exhibitions

Society

The Museum of Other People: From Colonial Acquisitions to Cosmopolitan Exhibitions

By Adam Kuper. From one of the world’s most distinguished anthropologists, an important and timely work of cultural history that looks at the origins and much debated future of anthropology museumsIn this deeply researched, immersive history, Adam Kuper tells the story of how foreign and prehistoric

The Familiar

Audiobooks & Courses

By Leigh Bardugo. From the New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House, Hell Bent, and creator of the Grishaverse series comes a highly anticipated historical fantasy set during the Spanish Golden AgeIn a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of

The Backyard Bird Chronicles

Outdoors & Nature

The Backyard Bird Chronicles

By Amy Tan. A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight, written and illustrated by the best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club.Tracking the natural beauty that surrounds us, The Backyard Bird Chronicles maps the passage of time through daily entries,

The Believer: A Year in the Fly Fishing Life

Sports

The Believer: A Year in the Fly Fishing Life

By David Coggins. The author of the instant fishing classic The Optimist wades into deeper waters and shares new wisdom, humor, and experience in seven extraordinary fly-fishing expeditions that mark one year in his journey through the middle part of life when worldly demands increase even as fishing

Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End

Health, Mind & Body

Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End

By Alua Arthur. For her clients and everyone who has been inspired by her humanity, Alua Arthur is a friend at the end of the world. As our country’s leading death doula, she’s spreading a transformative message: thinking about your death—whether imminent or not—will breathe wild, new potential into

A Sweet Sting of Salt

Literature & Fiction

A Sweet Sting of Salt

By Rose Sutherland. Once a young woman uncovers a dark secret about her neighbor and his mysterious new wife, she’ll have to fight to keep herself—and the woman she loves—safe in this stunning queer reimagining of the classic folktale “The Selkie Wife.”When a sharp cry wakes Jean in the middle of the

Muse of Fire: World War I as Seen Through the Lives of the Soldier Poets

Literature & Fiction

Muse of Fire: World War I as Seen Through the Lives of the Soldier Poets

By Michael Korda. With Muse of Fire, Michael Korda, the best-selling author of Alone and Hero, takes a novel approach to World War I by telling its history through the lives of the soldier-poets whose verses memorialize the war’s unimaginable horrors. He begins with Rupert Brooke and the halcyon days

The Alternatives

Literature & Fiction

The Alternatives

By Caoilinn Hughes. The Flattery sisters were plunged prematurely into adulthood when their parents died in tragic circumstances. Now in their thirties—all single, all with PhDs—they are each attempting to do meaningful work in a rapidly foundering world. The four lead disparate, distanced lives, from

The House of Broken Bricks

Literature & Fiction

The House of Broken Bricks

By Fiona Williams. Every marriage has its seasons... It’s autumn when we meet Tess, but her relationship with Richard is in a deep, cold winter. A winter so harsh, their union may never see the bright light of spring.Tess is a Londoner whose relationship with Richard transports her from a Jamaican diaspora

The Spoiled Heart

Literature & Fiction

The Spoiled Heart

By Sunjeev Sahota. A brilliant and riveting story of ambition, love, family secrets, and the devastating cascade a small, unthinking act can unleash, from “bold storyteller” (The New Yorker) and two-time Booker Prize nominee Sunjeev Sahota.Nayan Olak is mounting a run for general secretary of the union

The Understory

Literature & Fiction

By Saneh Sangsuk. A novel of man's relationship with nature, power, and the vitality of storytelling, from beloved Thai author Saneh Sangsuk.The lovable, yarnspinning monk Luang Paw Tien, now in his nineties, is the last person in his village to bear witness to the power and plenitude of the jungle before

The Huntington Branch Library Will be Closed for Renovations

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