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Main Street Messenger What's happening at the Swansea Free Public Library
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Monday 10am-8pm Tuesday 10am-8pm Wednesday 10am-8pm Thursday 10am-8pm Friday 10am-5pm Saturday 10am-4pm
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Curbside Service Hours Monday 10:30am - 7:30pm Tuesday 10:30am - 7:30pm Wednesday 10:30am - 7:30pm Thursday 10:30am - 7:30pm Friday 10:30am - 4:30pm Saturday 10:30am - 3:30pm Curbside services are available by phone 508-674-9609 or curbside form.
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Movies & Popcorn Looking for some great movies? Just choose a theme on our Bundle Form and our staff will choose some movies for you. Our bundles include 4-5 DVDs and microwave popcorn. Bundles are for curbside pickup ONLY. Order a Movie Bundle here.
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- Board Books
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- Early Readers
- Chapter Books
- Mysteries
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Virtual Pokemon Bingo Saturday, April 10th, @11am - 12pm, on Zoom Join us on Zoom as we play Pokemon Bingo for cards and candy! Register today as space is limited. Let’s celebrate Spring with Pokemon Bingo! This will be a Zoom meeting so be sure to register here for this fun event for all Pokemon fans. Bingo cards and Zoom link will be sent via email.
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Monster Squad Online Edition: Unicorns Saturday, April 10th, @1pm - 2:30pm, on Zoom Join the Squad as we discuss the not so cuddly ponies from folklore and mythology. Monster Squad takes place at the 2nd Saturday of each month at 1PM. Ms. Kaija shares her love of monsters with members. Each month The Monster Squad investigates the history of a different monster in books, films, comics and other monster media. This will be a Zoom meeting, so be sure to register here with your email to get the link! Open to ages 6-12.
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Clifford's happy Easter
by Norman Bridwell
A classic holiday-themed release of a tale featuring everyone's favorite big red dog finds Clifford sharing the springtime season with Emily Elizabeth and clumsily causing accidents before his giant size proves advantageous during the Easter egg hunt. Reissue.
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Isekai: Trapped in Another World Saturday, April 10th, @ 1 - 2:30pm, on Zoom Join us as we discuss this ever-growing Anime subgenre of scifi/fantasy! Open to ages 11-17.
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The Orchard House
by Heidi Chiavaroli
"Two women, one living in present day Massachusetts and another in Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House soon after the Civil War, overcome their own personal demons and search for a place to belong. 2001. Abandoned by her own family, Taylor is determined not to mess up her chance at joining the home of her best friend, Victoria Bennett. But despite attending summer camp at Louisa May Alcott's historic Orchard House with Victoria and sharing dreams of becoming famous authors, Taylor struggles to fit in. As she enters college and begins dating, it feels like Taylor is finally finding her place and some stability . . . until Victoria's betrayal changes everything. 1865. While Louisa May Alcott is off traveling the world, Johanna Suhre accepts a job tending Louisa's aging parents and their home in Concord. Soon after arriving at Orchard House, Johanna meets Nathan Bancroft and, ignoring Louisa's words of caution, falls in love and accepts Nathan's proposal. But before long, Johanna experiences her husband's dark side, and she can't hide the bruises that appear. 2019. After receiving news of Lorraine Bennett's cancer diagnosis, Taylor knows she must return home to see her adoptive mother again. Now a successful author, Taylor is determined to spend little time in Concord. Yet she becomes drawn into the story of a woman who lived there centuries before. And through her story, Taylor may just find forgiveness and a place to belong"
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Sweet little lies : a novel
by Caz Frear
A London policewoman from a troubled family is forced to investigate dark secrets in her estranged father's past to solve the murder of a young housewife and the disappearance of a teen girl years earlier. 75,000 first printing.
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Stone cold heart : a novel
by Caz Frear
When a coffee-shop owner is implicated in the death of a young Australian woman, DC Cat Kinsella of the London Metropolitan Police investigates the chief suspect's hostile wife to discern which of them is telling the truth.
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The Viognier vendetta : a wine country mystery
by Ellen Crosby
When her reunion with an old friend in Washington, D.C. is derailed by the friend's suspicious disappearance along with an invaluable antique, Lucie Montgomery follows elusive clues to discern her friend's fate and the truth about a billionaire philanthropist's involvement. By the author of The Bordeaux Betrayal.
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The Bordeaux betrayal : a wine country mystery
by Ellen Crosby
One year after taking over her family vineyard in Virginia's Blue Ridge mountains, Lucie Montgomery attends a historical wine lecture at Mount Vernon and is swept up in a mystery when the lecturer turns up dead, in a case with ties to the suspicious authenticity of a wine formerly owned by Thomas Jefferson. 20,000 first printing.
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The merlot murders : a wine country mystery
by Ellen Crosby
Returning to her Virginia vineyard home after the unexpected death of her father, Lucie Montgomery is dismayed by her father's gambling debts, which are complicated by the discovery that someone had a lot to gain from her father's death and the sale of his winery. 17,500 first printing.
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The malt in our stars
by Sarah Fox
Booking a famous novelist for a literary event, pub owner Sadie Fox ties the suspicious death of the writer’s assistant to a vandalized film production site and a May Day masquerade ball at Shady Creek Manor.
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An ale of two cities
by Sarah Fox
A winter carnival becomes a recipe for disaster when a Shady Creek celebrity gets iced. By a USA Today best-selling author.
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Wine and punishment
by Sarah Fox
"In the first in an engaging new mystery series from USA Today bestselling author Sarah Fox, the owner of a charming literary pub in Shady Creek, Vermont, finds her fresh start on the rocks thanks to a case of murder"
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Ghosts of Harvard : a novel
by Francesca Scottoline Serritella
"Cadence Archer arrives on Harvard's campus desperate to understand why her brother, Eric, a genius who developed paranoid schizophrenia took his own life there the year before. Losing Eric has left a black hole in Cady's life, and while her decision to follow in her brother's footsteps threatens to break her family apart, she is haunted by questions of what she might have missed. And there's only one place to find answers"
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Skink no surrender
by Carl Hiaasen
When their reckless cousin runs off with a guy she met online to avoid going to boarding school, long-suffering Richard and renegade Wild Skink brave storms, wildlife and violence in a swampy region of Florida to find her. A first teen novel by the Newbery Honor-winning author of Hoot. Simultaneous eBook.
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Guts
by Raina Telgemeier
Developing a chronic stomachache that she initially dismisses as a bug, young Raina discovers that her symptoms are related to her anxieties about school, food and changing friendships, in a story based on the Eisner Award-winning author’s childhood. Simultaneous. Illustrations.
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Bailey's story
by W. Bruce Cameron
Believing that his purpose is to be a devoted companion to eight-year-old Ethan, Bailey the puppy soon learns that when bad things happen, life isn't always simple, but there is no greater purpose than protecting the boy he loves
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