An edition of The Perks of Being a Wallflower
(1999)
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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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Young adult fiction, Bildungsroman, Epistolary fiction, Bildungsromans, Diary novels, Fiction, Juvenile works, Young adult works, Juvenile fiction, high school students, social conditions, teenagers, letters, diary fiction, adolescence, coming of age, fiction classics, literary fiction, introversion, sexuality, drug use, mental health, coming-of-age, music, infinite, abuse, repression, friendship, Loss (Psychology), Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 6, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, Diaries, fiction, Schools, fiction, Emotions, fiction, Children's fiction, Friendship, fiction, American fiction, Translations into Vietnamese, nyt:paperback-books=2012-06-24, New York Times bestseller, Letters, fiction, Youth, fiction, collectionID:TexChallenge2021, collectionID:EanesChallenge, collectionID:ConroeChallenge, Adolescents, Romans, nouvelles, Élèves du secondaire, Conditions sociales, Lettres (Genre littéraire), Roman pour jeunes adultes, collectionID:bannedbooks, Epistolary novels, High school students--social conditions, High school students--social conditions--fiction, High school students--social conditions--juvenile fiction, Teenagers--juvenile fiction, Letters--juvenile fiction, High school students--juvenile fiction, Adolescence--juvenile fiction, Ps3553.h3469 p47 1999, 813/.54People
The Smiths, Charlie, Patrick, Sam, Craig, Bill Anderson, Mary Elizabeth, Brad, Bob, Charlie’s Brother, Charlie’s Sister, Charlie’s Mom, Charlie’s Dad, Aunt Helen, Charlie’s Grandfather, Michael Dobson, Susan, PeterPlaces
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012-11, MTV Books/Gallery Books
hardcover
in English
- printing (11)
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012, Simon and Schuster
paperback
in English
- printing (1)
147114593X 9781471145933
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the perks of being a wallflower
2012, Editions SARBACANE
paperback
in English
2848655798 9782848655796
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012, Simon & Schuster
paperback
in English
- Movie Tie-In Edition
147111614X 9781471116148
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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
1451696191 9781451696196
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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)
0671027344 9780671027346
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