TY - BOOK AU - Chbosky,Stephen TI - The perks of being a wallflower SN - 9781451696196 (hardback) AV - PS3553.H3469 P47 2019 U1 - 813.54 CHB 23 PY - 2012/// CY - London, UK PB - Simon &​ Schuster UK KW - Letters KW - Fiction KW - High school students KW - Social conditions KW - Friendship KW - Mental illness N1 - "With a new letter from Charlie."; "Book club favorites reader's guide"--Cover; "20th anniversary edition." N2 - "This haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs. passion marks the stunning debut of a provocative voice in contemporary fiction. This is the story of what it's like to grow up in high school. More intimate than a diary, Charlie's letters are singular, hilarious, and devastating." --; Charlie is a freshman. And while he's not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. He's a wallflower-- shy and introspective, and intelligent beyond his years, if not very savvy in the social arts. We learn about Charlie through the letters he writes: trying to make friends, family tensions, exploring sexuality, experimenting with drugs-- and dealing with his best friend's recent suicide. -- from first edition ER -