All CRRL branches will be closed for staff development on Friday, September 10, 2010. If you need to renew your materials at that time, click here.
CRRL Mobile App
England Run: Opening Monday, October 4
unRequired Reading
Games Galore
Game On
Live Homework Help
CRRL Mobile App
England Run: Opening Monday, October 4
unRequired Reading
Games Galore
Game On
Live Homework Help

Teen Blog

New CRRL Mobile App!
Central Rappahannock Regional Library, LibraryPoint Blog, Teen Blog
09/08/2010 - 3:52pm

We're so excited to unveil our new "CRRL Mobile" app. Now you can take the library with you everywhere you go!

All you need is a mobile device like a smart phone, tablet, or PDA with internet access via Wi-Fi or wireless data plan. The CRRL Mobile app will run on most types of smart phones including iPhones, Blackberry, Android, Palm, Windows Mobile, and other popular mobile devices.

This free app gives you access to the library catalog, program information, Ask a Librarian, branches & hours and much more right from your phone!

Download the CRRL Mobile app from your phone's app store, or use your phone's web browser to go to http://crrl.boopsie.com for the download and more information.

Below is a glimpse of our new mobile app. Download it today and see for yourself!

CRRL Mobile App screenshot

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If you like The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
Lena Gonzalez-Berrios, Teen Book Match, Teen Blog, Fantasy
08/26/2010 - 2:41pm

Here are some books that I think you will like. I have included a few titles that I have not read myself, but I shared your request with our young adult librarian and she thought they might appeal to you.

One last thing...did you know that we are on Facebook now? We have a page called "Teens@CRRL". Every Wednesday, we have a feature to find out what people are reading. You may want to log in and recommend books that you like to others. It sounds like you would have a lot to share. I hope you will check out the page and join in the discussion.

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Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
12 Weeks of Hot Summer Reads, Caroline Parr, LibraryPoint Blog, Shelf Life Blog, unRequired Reading Blog, Teen Blog, Surviving High School
08/23/2010 - 7:24am

This is Week 12 of a 12-Week series of blog posts reviewing new young adult books. To see all of the reviews, click here.

In Kathryn Erskine's "Mockingbird," Caitlin’s world is black and white, and she likes it that way, whether it’s her view of life or her meticulous monotone drawings. Since The Day Our Life Fell Apart when her brother Devon was killed in a school shooting, she and her widowed father keep to simple routines. This is important to kids like Caitlin, a fifth grader with Asperger’s Syndrome. Clear boundaries make it easier to cope, especially when she’s trying hard to follow her counselor’s advice to Look At The Person and Mind Your Manners. 

As I followed Caitlin through her days at school – meeting with the school counselor when she has a TRM (Tantrum Rage Meltdown), trying dutifully to make friends even though she prefers to be a “team of one” – I began to see the world as Caitlin does. She may be socially inept and literal-minded, but she also has a startling gift for humor and truth-telling. 
 
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