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Mitchell Public Library Branch Manager Marian Huggins.
The following writeup was submitted by Mitchell Public Library Branch Manager Marian Huggins, as part of a monthly series by the Independent and the New Haven Free Public Library to spotlight books newly acquired by the city’s library.
One of the newest additions to the Mitchell Branch library’s shelves is The Reformatory by Tananarive Due. I was never truly a horror fan, but the storytelling is so rich that I became a fan of this author over twenty years ago through her African Immortals Series.
The first book in the series was My Soul to Keep in 1997. The sequel was The Living Blood, published in 2001. I’ve never stopped thinking about those books, and yes, they are still available at the New Haven Free Public Library.
When I heard that Due was writing a book about a 1950s Florida Reform School, I thought, um, didn’t Colson Whitehead already explore this topic in The Nickel Boys?
Well yes, but The Reformatory is written by the master horror writer Tananarive Due, and she brings in the supernatural!
As if reality wasn’t terrifying enough. I highly recommend this one!
Here are some other great books brought to you by various staff across the NHFPL system. Enjoy!
New To The NHFPL Shelves, December 2023
FOR CHILDREN
Mamá Goose : Un Tesor De Rimas Infantiles by Alma Flor Ada
Duel by Jessixa Bagley
Montgomery And The Case Of The Golden Key by Tracy Occomy Crowder
No Tengo Sueño! by Angela Dominguez
Something, Someday by Amanda Gorman
Ink Girls by Marieke Nijkamp
How To Eat In Space by Helen Springhetti Taylor
The Big Book Of Nature Art by Yuval Zommer
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FOR TEENS
Fire From The Sky by Moa Backe Åstot
The Search For Us: A Novel by Susan Azim Boyer
Wren Martin Ruins It All by Amanda Dewitt
Catfish Rolling by Clara Kumagai
Blackward by Lawrence Lindell
Bittersweet In The Hollow by Kate Pearsall
The Way I Am Now by Amber Smith
All That Consumes Us by Erica Waters
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FOR ADULTS
Out There Screening: An Anthology Of New Black Horror
Black Punk Now: Fiction, Nonfiction, And Comics
Data Baby: My Life In A Psychological Experiment by Susannah Breslin
Miles Davis And The Search For The Sound by Dave Chisolm
The Reformatory: A Novel by Tananarive Due
My Everyday Lagos: Nigerian Cooking At Home And In The Diaspora by Yewande Komolafe
Rewired: The McKinsey Guide To Outcompeting In The Age Of Digital And AI by Eric Lamarre
Entry Lessons: The Stories Of Women Fighting For Their Place, Their Children, And Their Futures After Incarceration by Jorja Leap
See more
See below for previous articles in the “What’s On The Shelf” monthly series.
• New Library Book Roundup: Up From Texas
• What’s On The Shelf: New Library Book Roundup
