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Stephanie Perkins
Stephanie Perkins is the author of the popular young adult romance My True Love Gave to Me. She writes stories that are perfect for readers who love sweet, heartfelt tales.
Anna and the French Kiss
Synopsis
Anna Oliphant is a seventeen-year-old American high schooler studying at The School of America in Paris when she falls headlong into an intense, whirlwind romance with Étienne St. Clair — the charming, seemingly French classmate who becomes everything to her during one unforgettable summer. When Anna returns home for her senior year and learns that Étienne's family is not French but American-English, and that he will soon be leaving for military service, she must decide whether to let their connection fade or risk it all on a final chance before he goes.
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Characters
Anna OliphantProtagonist
A seventeen-year-old American high schooler studying in Paris for her senior year, who falls for a French classmate and must decide whether to stay with him or return home.
Meredith ChevalierSupporting
Anna's first friend at SOAP in Paris; she has a long, unspoken crush on Étienne St. Clair and supports Anna through the year even as Anna and Étienne grow close.
Étienne St. Clairwork.info.role.love interest
Anna's charming Parisian classmate; the two share an intense summer romance before he leaves for military service, only for her to discover later that his family is not French but American and English.
Frequently asked questions
Is Anna and the French Kiss part of a series?
It's the first book in a loosely connected companion trilogy by Stephanie Perkins. Each novel follows a different narrator in the same world: Anna and the French Kiss (2010), Lola and the Boy Next Door (2011), and Isla and the Happily Ever After (2014). They share side characters and setting but can be read in any order.
Has Anna and the French Kiss won any awards?
It was a 2011 Cybils Award finalist for Young Adult Fiction and was named to YALSA's Best Fiction for Young Adults (2012) and NPR's 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels list.