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Makoto Shinkai (2017)

SubgenreSoft SF / Social SF
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads4.37

Content levels

ViolenceNone
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

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Protagonist archetypes

Multiple POVsDuo / Partners

Synopsis

Mitsuha, a high school girl living in a small town in the mountains, has a dream that she's a boy living in Tokyo. Taki, a high school boy in Tokyo, dreams he's a girl living in a quaint little mountain town. Sharing bodies, relationships, and lives, the two become inextricably interwoven--but are any connections truly inseverable in the grand tapestry of fate? Written by director MAKOTO SHINKAI during the production of the film by the same title, your name. is in turns funny, heartwarming, and heart-wrenching as it follows the struggles of two young people determined to hold on to one another.

Tags

Contemporary FantasyRomanceTime Travel ElementsJapanese Literature

Is your name. appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 13 and up.

A heartfelt body-swap story between two teens discovering their connection across time and space. No concerning content—just emotional stakes and the bittersweet nature of fate and memory.

What to know going in

This book has no graphic violence, no sexual content, and clean language.

Who'll love this

Teens will love the funny body-swap moments and the emotional journey of two people trying to hold onto their connection against impossible odds.