Set in the early 90s, the book’s main protagonist, Charlie, is a ‘wallflower’ with a unique way of thinking. Through Charlie, Stephen Chbosky has created a deeply affecting coming-of-age story, a powerful novel that will spirit you back to those wild and poignant roller coaster days known as growing up. The next book in our Banned Books Week series is the young adult, coming-of-age epistolary by Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, which was published in 1999. The world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that the perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite. The world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it puts him on a strange course through uncharted territory. More intimate than a diary, Charlie's letters are singular and unique, hilarious and devastating. This is the story of what it's like to grow up in high school. passion marks the stunning debut of a provocative new voice in contemporary fiction: The Perks of Being A WALLFLOWER This haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs.
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