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August Adult Craft: Make Your Own Fairy and Gnome House!

Session 1: Saturday, August 10 at 2:00pm Session 2: Wednesday, August 21 at 2:00pm Make a fairy and gnome house! All supplies will be provided. This program will have two sessions: Saturday, August 10 from 2:00pm-3:00pm, and Wednesday, August 21 from 2:00pm-3:00pm. Please register for just one session. These sessions are for adults, and will […]

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August Adult Events at HPL

Check out these adult events happening in August! 8/1 | 5:30-8:30pm | Game Night Join us Thursdays for a night of board games at Haverhill Public Library! Strategy games, abstract games, filler games, complex and non complex alike, come and try out whatever you like. Feel free to bring your own games! All experience levels […]

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“The Innocents” by Jack Clayton

“The Innocents” (1961), directed by Jack Clayton and starring Deborah Kerr just a few years after she filmed “An Affair to Remember” and “The King and I”, is a creepy, dark ghost movie-cum-psychological thriller well worth a peek (during the daytime, with a friend in the room). Based on Henry James’ iconic ghost story The […]

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Museum Passes

Get great discounts on a bunch of local museums and more! Did you know you can use your library card at Haverhill Public Library to get great discounts at a variety of local museums (and more!), including the Boston Children’s Museum, New England Aquarium, Boston Harbor Island Ferry, the MFA, and Massachusetts State Parks? You […]

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“The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye” by Briony Cameron

During the Golden Age of Piracy, Jacquotte Delahaye, the daughter of a French father and Haitian mother, is forced to flee her life as a shipwright in Santo Domingo when her father is assassinated. Unfortunately, the ship she escapes on is captured by pirates. She and a fellow refugee named Teresa are made indentured servants […]

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Melissa by Alex Gino

Melissa by Alex Gino is a delightful story that highlights the importance of being yourself. The big, bright letters spelling “be who you are” on the back cover suggest it, but the story inside makes it clear. The titular protagonist is a young transgender girl who navigates her gender alongside interactions with family, her best […]

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Olympic Reads

Celebrate the start of the Summer Olympic Games with some movies, biographies that embrace the games! Visit our Booklist page to download this and other custom booklists prepared by our librarians! You can also scroll below to dive into our Olympic list!

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July Adult Events at HPL

Check out these adult events happening in July! 7/1 | 6-7:30pm | English (ESL) Conversation Circle Would you like to practice your English with native speakers in a relaxed and informal environment? Join us for a friendly chat–Monday evenings at 6 pm.  7/2 | 10am-12pm | Classic Matinees Every Tuesday morning in July we will […]

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Polite Society [DVD]

Ria Khan wants nothing more than to become a famous stuntwoman, so she puts all of her prodigious determination and energy into making a name for herself online.  She is bullied at school and discouraged by her parents for this dream, so she relies heavily on her older sister Lena.  Lena has dropped out of […]

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Gale in Context: Environmental Studies

In celebration of this year’s summer reading theme, Read, Renew, Repeat, we’re highlighting the Gale in Context: Environmental Studies database. This resource provides information and sources on a variety of issues relating to the environment and humans, in categories like global change, energy, populations, pollution, Earth systems, and more. All you need is your library […]