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!

Top 10 Reasons to Watch ‘An Education’

I’ve watched a total of three whole movies. Whole means I didn’t skip to the end. An Education is my favorite of the three. In An Education, a sixteen year old Jenny meets a charismatic older man who has secrets of…

TYF Column: Goodbye YA

I started truly reading YA novels in seventh grade. Even though the Twilight series and Sarah Dessen’s books were read by me in fourth grade, I consider seventh grade the birth of my YA reading life. That’s when I created…

Book Review: How I Lost You by Janet Gurtler

Grace is losing her best friend Kya. Kya is losing her common sense. Me, well I’m losing my non-existent sanity. At the end of the day though, Janet Gurtler never loses the reader. (I’m sorry, you’ll have to excuse my…

Top 10 Paramore Songs

Paramore is a beast. It’s the best band ever. LONG LIVE PARAMORE, even though “Long Live” is a Taylor Swift song. 1. When It Rains http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsGuZ1Nvveo This song has been with me since last December. I read online Hayley originally…