The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a coming-of-age epistolary novel written by American novelist Stephen Chbosky.[1] It was published on February 1, 1999 by MTV. The story is narrated by a teenager who goes by the alias of "Charlie"; he describes various scenes in his life by writing a series of letters to an anonymous person, whom he does not know personally.[2] The book was made into a film in 2012, starring Logan Lerman, Ezra Miller and Emma Watson, directed by the author.
The story explores topics such as introversion, abuse, drugs, ****, and the awkward times of adolescence.
The story takes place in a suburb of Pittsburgh during the early 1990s, Charlie's freshman year in a high school. Charlie is the eponymous wallflower of the novel. He is an unconventional thinker, and as the story begins he is shy and unpopular.


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