Anna and french kiss
Stephanie Perkins
Anna and french kiss
Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide
by Stephanie Perkins
The text is written at a 7th grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for teens (ages 13+), and the content is mild with minimal sensitive material.
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About This Book
Anna didn’t expect Paris to change her life, but then she met Etienne St. Clair — charming, irresistible, and totally unexpected. What happens when the perfect boy is already taken, and her heart is caught between two worlds? Love and choices collide in the city of lights, but the biggest surprises are yet to come.
Themes
Quick Assessment
This young adult romance follows Anna, a teenager sent to boarding school in Paris, who navigates complex feelings for a charming classmate while managing her existing relationship back home. Suitable for ages 13-18, the story explores themes of love, identity, and self-discovery with some mild romantic tension and emotional moments. Parents should note typical teenage relationship dynamics but no explicit content.
Why we rated Anna and french kiss 12LE
Anna and french kiss is written at a Level 7 reading level across 382 pages. Strong independent readers around grade 8.0 can typically handle this book on their own; with parent or teacher support, Anna and french kiss works for readers up to grade 9.0.
We rate Anna and french kiss as 12LE ("Light — Emotional") because the content sits in the "Mild" range — mild conflict — the kind a child encounters in normal play and sibling life. Across our four dimensions (emotional, physical, social, thematic) the book reads as evenly mild; no single dimension stands out as a concern.
No specific content flags were raised by community reviewers, which is consistent with the mild intensity score.
Thematically, Anna and french kiss explores romance, coming of age, friendship, family, and people & places — these threads give the book room to mean different things to different readers.
Good fit for
- ✓ Children in the Ages 13+ range — the maturity and attention span match the story's pacing.
- ✓ Patient readers who enjoy slower, character-driven stories.
- ✓ Kids drawn to stories about romance, coming of age, friendship.
Maybe not for
- ! Readers whose emotional readiness lags behind their decoding skills — this book's intensity outruns its reading level, a classic "gifted kid" mismatch.
- ! Reluctant readers who need a fast hook — the pacing here rewards patience.
For Parents
Content Intensity
12LE — Light — EmotionalLight conflict or tension. Mild peril resolved quickly.
Was our "Mild" content intensity rating accurate for this book?
Reading Insights
Hook Factor
1/10A steady, thoughtful read that rewards patient readers.
Discussion Potential
3/10A lighter read — great for independent enjoyment.
Book DNA
Multi-dimensional content fingerprint
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Details
Book Length
- ISBN
- 9780525423270
- Pages
- 382
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Published
- 2010
- Type
- Fiction