Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States , bordered by Virginia to the southeast , Kentucky to the southwest , Ohio to the northwest , Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east .
Simplified: West Virginia is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north , by Ohio to the north and west , by Kentucky to the west , by Maryland to the north and east , and by Virginia to the east and south .