Valerie Zhang
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Valerie is sixteen. She attends a boarding school near Boston, where she writes, reads, and attempts to be a studious student. She's too lazy to write the rest of this bio, so follow her on Twitter @torquoiseworld because shameless self-promotion is alive and thriving!

Book Review: ‘A Million Miles Away’ by Lara Avery

A one sentence review of A Million Miles Away: I wish I could be a million miles away from this book. You could stop reading this review now if you wish. However, if you still have the bravery to continue reading…

Book Review: ‘A School for Unusual Girls’ by Kathleen Baldwin

Because of A School for Unusual Girls, which is set in the Regency era, I finally found out what the Regency era in the United Kingdom is. The Regency is the period from 1811 to 1820, when King George III…

Book Review: ‘Jesse’s Girl’ by Miranda Kenneally

Back in eighth grade, I read the first book in Miranda Kenneally’s Hundred Oaks series, Finding Jordan, and loved it. However, by ninth grade, Kenneally’s other books, including Stealing Parker, Racing Savannah, and Things I Can’t Forget, just didn’t appeal to…

Book Review: ‘The Boy Most Likely To’ by Huntley Fitzpatrick

Huntley Fitzpatrick is one of those authors whose works are super popular but not necessarily super well-written. From My Life Next Door to The Boy Most Likely To, each of her books has countless fans who promote her work like…

Book Review: ‘Seven Spoons’ by Tara O’Brady

I’ve never understood the obsession people have with posting pictures of the food they eat on Instagram. Then again, I don’t really understand the obsession with documenting one’s life in photos. (I clearly don’t have an Instagram.) However, almost everything…

Book Review: ‘The No More Excuses Diet’ by Maria Kang

Just a few warnings before I actually begin to review the book: I wanted to read The No More Excuses Diet not because I’m particularly interested in a diet book or in weight loss, but because I’m interested in Maria…

Book Review: ‘Daughter of Deep Silence’ by Carrie Ryan

Elegant, rich prose does not a phenomenal book make. That sentence is unfortunately the only thing I remember from English class, along with the accompanying showing, not telling does a phenomenal book make. A phenomenal book is one without sentences like, “Everything about…