An edition of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (1999)

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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An edition of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (1999)

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  • 4.3 (90 ratings) ·
  • 1,804 Want to read
  • 107 Currently reading
  • 210 Have read

"I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers and wonder why they're here. Not in a mean way. In a curious way. It's like looking at all the students and wondering who's had their heart broken that day...or wondering who did the heart breaking and wondering why."

Charlie is a freshman. And while he's not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward, he is a wallflower, caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it. Charlie is attempting to navigate his way through uncharted territory: the world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends; the world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite. But Charlie can't stay on the sideline forever. Standing on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a deeply affecting coming-of-age story that will spirit you back to those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up.
--back cover

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Language
English
Pages
232

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Cover of: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012-08, MTV Books/Gallery Books
paperback in English - MTV Books/Gallery Books trade paperback edition (7); movie tie-in
Cover of: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012, Simon and Schuster
paperback in English - printing (1)
Cover of: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012, Simon & Schuster
paperback in English - Movie Tie-In Edition
Cover of: the perks of being a wallflower
the perks of being a wallflower
2012, Editions SARBACANE
paperback in English
Cover of: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012-11, MTV Books/Gallery Books
hardcover in English - printing (11)
Cover of: Charlie
Charlie
2011, REMI
paperback in Polish
Cover of: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2009, Pocket Books, Simon & Schuster Limited Inter
Paperback in English
Cover of: Atskalūno laiškai
Atskalūno laiškai
2004, Alma Littera
Hardcover in Lithuanian
Cover of: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2002, MTV Books/Pocket Books
paperback in English - First MTV Books/Pocket Books trade paperback printing February 1999 (13)

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Edition Notes

Published in
London
Copyright Date
1999

Classifications

Library of Congress
PS3553, PS3553.H3469 P47 2009

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
232p.
Number of pages
232

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27048943M
ISBN 10
1847394078
ISBN 13
9781847394071
Google
7ipXPgAACAAJ
Goodreads
4327066

Work Description

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a young adult coming-of-age epistolary novel by American writer Stephen Chbosky, which was first published on February 1, 1999, by Pocket Books. Set in the early 1990s, the novel follows Charlie, an introverted observing teenager, through his freshman year of high school in a Pittsburgh suburb. The novel details Charlie's unconventional style of thinking as he navigates between the worlds of adolescence and adulthood, and attempts to deal with poignant questions spurred by his interactions with both his friends and family.

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