Books

Need help finding a book? Stop by and talk to a librarian. They LOVE to talk books and while they both read books in all the sections, certain ones have special places in their hearts. Mrs. Koehler loves to geek out about fantasy, supernatural, and romance while Mrs. Porter loves historial, realistic, and mystery fiction. They'll both talk your ear off about graphic novels and non-fiction.

Other Awesome Ways to Find Your Next Book

Free eBooks

Book Blogs

Epic Reads The Young Adult page from Harper Collins. Read book reviews, books lists, videos, author highlights, and so much more.

We Need Diverse Books is is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and a grassroots organization of children’s book lovers that advocates essential changes in the publishing industry to produce and promote literature that reflects and honors the lives of all young people. This page has lists and resources for finding a variety of amazing reads.

Book Apps

We Read Too (available on Itunes)

Highlights books written by authors of color featuring characters of color.

YALSA Young Adult Book Finder (available on Itunes and Google Play)

It allows users to search for books by title, author, genre, award, or list; create a reading list with the favorites button as well as share what you’re reading on Facebook and Twitter.

Goodreads (available on Itunes and Google Play)

Read thousands of book reviews by your friends and other Goodreads members, keep a virtual bookshelf of what you've read, and build your to-read list as you discover great books on the app

Book Websites

Mid-continent Public Library, 'Based on the Book': A compilation of over 1,450 books, novels, short stories, and plays that have been made into motion pictures. Utilizing the IMBD as the authority, all movies in this collection have been released as feature-length films in the United States, in English, since 1980. Search by movie title, movie release year, book title, or book author.

YALSA's Teens' Top Ten: A "teen choice" list where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year.

WhatShouldIReadNext.com: Start typing the name of a book you like and click on the closest match.

open book icon with person coming out of the center and the words Library Print Catalog

How to Use the Catalog

How to Use the Catalog

How to use the catalog

Type the book title or author (last name, first name) into the search bar.

On the results page you will be able to see if the book is availabor or not available and the books physical location in the library.

Select a book and you can read a summary or reviews of the book.

To place a hold on a book, either stop by the library OR email the book title to ochornetlibrary@ocss-va.org with the world HOLD in the subject line.

Little rocket animation on a bluce background with the words Sora, Open a world of reading.

How to use SORA

How to use SORA

How to use SORA eBooks

search Sora App
sign into Orange County Public Schools using your school gmail account
click the Explore button at the bottom of the screen and look up books
check out a book

How to Add the Public Library

click on the 3 lines in upper right hand corner.
select add a library
enter Blue Ridge Download Consortium
select Blue Ridge Download Consortium
explore & check out books

Come Explore the Library!

The fiction is organized by genre like a book store! Explore: supernatural, fantasy, relationships, sports, science, realistic, mystery, historical, and horror fiction.

The graphics are seperated into Graphic Manga, Graphic Novels, Graphic Superheros, and Graphic Comics.

The bay area houses children's books, creative writing (poetry, drama, speeches), and world languages.

Learn something new in Non-Fiction. We have everything from fairytales and cookbooks to fishing and outdoor survival.