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Stephen Chbosky
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky
Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower is an epistolary coming-of-age novel narrated by Charlie, a watchful freshman who writes letters to a stranger he'll never meet. It's quiet, tender, and quietly devastating, a book about standing on the outside of your own adolescence and slowly learning to step in.