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| Genre/Form: | Bildungsromans Epistolary fiction Fiction |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Chbosky, Stephen. Perks of being a wallflower. New York : Pocket Books, c1999 (OCoLC)741830743 |
| Material Type: | Fiction, Juvenile audience, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Stephen Chbosky |
| ISBN: | 0671027344 9780671027346 0613237528 9780613237529 1435213572 9781435213579 |
| OCLC Number: | 40813072 |
| Notes: | "An original publication of MTV Books/Pocket Books"--T.p. verso. |
| Description: | 213 p. ; 18 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Stephen Chbosky. |
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Abstract:
Charlie is a shy and introspective boy, a wallflower always standing on the edge of the action. He encounters many of the struggles familiar to everybody from their school days, but he must also deal with his best friend's suicide and shocking realization about his beloved late Aunt Helen.
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Staying Alive in High School
This is a YA book set in 1991/1992. I enjoyed it very much. The main character is a freshman in high school who hangs out with a bunch of seniors. The book is constructed from a series of letters from this kid to an unknown reader, supposedly us. It reads like a diary in that the kid says a lot of things...
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This is a YA book set in 1991/1992. I enjoyed it very much. The main character is a freshman in high school who hangs out with a bunch of seniors. The book is constructed from a series of letters from this kid to an unknown reader, supposedly us. It reads like a diary in that the kid says a lot of things he wouldn't normally tell anyone. I enjoyed a lot of the honesty, and the mixed tapes. The problem I have with the book is that the parents never notice their child's descent into drugs and alcohol. He seems to spend many nights out late with these older kids. I assume that I won't be as good/bad of a parent, but who knows. By the end he http://townhousebooks.org/rot13.html?process=fbegf+bhg+nyy+bs+uvf+ceboyrzf+naq+unf+fjbea+bs+qehtf+naq+nypbuby.+Jurer+ner+gur+nqqvpgf.+Bu+jnvg+ur+qbrf+pbagvahr+gb+fzbxr+ohg+ur+unf+cebzvfrq+uvf+fvfgre+ur+jvyy+dhvg.
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If anything's capable of changing a wallflower
Stephen Chbosky's THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER is the simplest book I've ever read. And when I say simple, I don't mean it in the Lennie-From-Of-Mice-And-Men sort of way. I mean it in the How-Are-These-Letters-Getting-Me-To-Feel-So-Much? sort of way. The honest voice trapped within this series of...
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Stephen Chbosky's THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER is the simplest book I've ever read. And when I say simple, I don't mean it in the Lennie-From-Of-Mice-And-Men sort of way. I mean it in the How-Are-These-Letters-Getting-Me-To-Feel-So-Much? sort of way. The honest voice trapped within this series of letters records a year in the life of a sensitive guy just trying to survive and understand his freshman year of high school.Charlie can't help being so quiet and observant. He doesn't have many friends, and the ones he manages to make are two or three years older than he is. Like Sam, the senior girl who doesn't think he's crazy for being who he is. And Patrick, who lets him in on the secrets of teenage life. And Bill, the first-year teacher who gives Charlie advanced reading assignments because he realizes there's a gifted side to Charlie that nobody else but Aunt Helen ever sees. But those friends are the ones who get him to understand that life may be good when you sit back and observe but it's infinitely better when you participate. If only things were that easy. His dad's telling him to work through his problems because some people have it much worse than he does. His brother's gone off to college. His sister won't stop seeing the guy who beats her. Patrick doesn't want anyone to know he's gay. In fact, everyone seems trust him with their deepest darkest secrets and expect him to lock them up inside. On top of that, the girl he loves won't look at him that way because he's too young. Until the Secret Santa gift exchange and the party scene and the kiss and the slashed tires and the joyride to the city with Sam and Patrick with the stereo playing music they'll never forget and Sam standing up in the back of the truck and the wind whirling her dress and the lights of the city flashing into view and them feeling infinite. Because if anything's capable of changing a wallflower, it's that. And it's a beautiful thing to watch. Reviewed by Jonathan Stephens
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