Anna and the French Kiss
Anna and the French Kiss Series
Author: Stephanie Perkins
Book 1 in the Anna and the French Kiss series
Pages: 372
Published: 2010
Age: 13+
Anna was looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. So she's less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris—until she meets Étienne St. Clair. Smart, charming, beautiful, Étienne has it all . . . including a serious girlfriend.
But in the City of Light, wishes have a way of coming true. Will a year of romantic near-misses end with their long-awaited French kiss? Stephanie Perkins keeps the romantic tension crackling and the attraction high in a debut guaranteed to make toes tingle and hearts melt.
NPR's Year's Best Teen Reads (2010); Goodreads Choice Nominee for Goodreads Author, Young Adult Fiction (2010); Cybils Award Finalist for Young Adult Fiction (2011); Cybils Award Nominee for Young Adult Fiction (2011); The Inky Awards Nominee for Silver Inky longlist (2011); YALSA's Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults: Forbidden Romance, (2012); TAYSHAS Reading List (2012); Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers, Honor, (2012-13); Abraham Lincoln Award Nominee (2013)
About the Anna and the French Kiss Series
Books in series order
- 1.Anna and the French Kiss(2010)
- 2.Lola and the Boy Next Door(2011)
- 3.Isla and the Happily Ever After(2014)
Reading age: 13+ years
An enchanting series of teen romances, beginning with Anna and the French Kiss, these YA companion novels manage to capture the exhilaration, wonder and confusion of first love.
Anna was looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. So she's less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris—until she meets Étienne St. Clair. Smart, charming, beautiful, Étienne has it all . . . including a serious girlfriend. What will become of Anna in the City of Lights?
With humour and sincerity, the series realistically explores young love and friendship in all its crazy glory. Perfect for teen readers who have had their fill of fantasy and paranormalcy, or who are craving a sweet and funny novel featuring plenty of lovably quirky characters.