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!

All the Rage Blog Tour: Interview with Courtney Summers

I had the pleasure of interviewing Courtney Summers for her All The Rage Book Tour. Courtney Summers is the author of Please Remain Calm, This Is Not A Test, Cracked Up To Be, Some Girls Are, and All the Rage, which came out recently…

Book Review: ‘Since You’ve Been Gone’ by Mary Payne

Fifteen-year-old Edie Fraser and her mother, Sydne, have been trying to outrun the past for five years, so far. It isn’t exactly working out though; Edie has not only moved to a new school, but a different country. Though Sydney…

Book Review: ‘Wild Hearts’ by Jessica Burkhart

To put it simply, Jessica Burkhart’s “Canterwood Crest” series was my childhood. I lived vicariously through Sasha Silver. (To be completely honest, I still do…) Unfortunately Wild Hearts failed to meet any of my expectations. What I had hoped would…

Book Review: ‘Watched’ by CJ Lyons

In recent years, the government especially has been increasingly scrutinized for its spying on citizens. (NSA, anyone?) However, it’s not just the government that can spy on people; it’s any hacker with enough skills, as 16-year-old Jesse soon finds out.…

Book Review: ‘Lailah’ by Nikki Kelly

In the beginning was the Word is a girl. She knows she’s different–after all she doesn’t age and she doesn’t have a family. She has visions of a past life, of a face in her dreams –a light that severs the darkness, a…

Book Review: ‘Sisters of Blood and Spirit’ by Kady Cross

Wren Noble is a living dead girl (unfortunately not a zombie, though). She craves the rare moments when she’s allowed to step inside her twin sister’s body and experience the world of the living. Lark Noble is alive but often…

Book Review: ‘Of Monsters and Madness’ by Jessica Verday

I tend to avoid retellings of the classics, but gems like Edith Pattou’s East make me return to the genre. I read The Madman’s Daughter a year ago and loved it, so I thought Jessica Verday’s version would quench my…