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| Book #117 of 2010 |
| Title: Anna and the French Kiss |
| Author: Stephanie Perkins |
| Publisher: Dutton Juvenile |
| Pub Date: December 2, 2010 |
| Grade: A |
Comments:
When Anna’s father decides to send her to an American boarding school in Paris, she’s devestated. She doesn’t speak french and doesn’t want to leave her best friend Bridgette and her crush Toph behind. She makes a group of friends including St. Clair, a handsome guy, and they start to drag her out of her comfort zone and show her the city, while she shares her love of cinema with them. Her feelings for St. Clair turn romantic but he is always running off to be with his girlfriend Ellie, who graduated last year and attends university nearby. While she is left at school with St. Clair for the Thanksgiving holiday and then when she returns home for Christmas, everything gets shaken up and Anna isn’t sure how she feels about anyone anymore.
This book is fabulous. Everyone is giving it positive reviews on the blogs and Twitter and it is well deserved. Anna is likable; her situation is both unique and universal. Perkins creates an interesting cast of characters around Anna, and each friend is taken from a name to a well developed character by the end of the book, which is sometimes difficult to do with a large ensemble. The romance is well paced and well drawn and you believe all of the characters’ actions even when you’re cringing and yelling at them to do to the right thing. Every teenage girl looking for a great romance should be handed this book. |
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