An edition of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (1999)

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

1st MTV/Pocket Books trade paperback printing (9)

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An edition of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (1999)

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

1st MTV/Pocket Books trade paperback printing (9)

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  • ★★★★ 4.3 (107 ratings)
  • 2,446 Want to read
  • 139 Currently reading
  • 255 Have read

A tale of adolescence whose hero is Charlie, a high school freshman in Pennsylvania. The novel follows Charlie as he is introduced to love, literature and pot.

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Pocket Books
Language
English
Pages
213

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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/.54

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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 Peter

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Pittsburgh

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壁花少年
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2012, REMI
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2012-11, MTV Books/Gallery Books
hardcover in English - printing (11)
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Le monde de Charlie
2012, Editions SARBACANE
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012, Simon & Schuster
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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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)
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
1999 02, Pocket Books
Trade Paperback in English - 1st MTV/Pocket Books trade paperback printing (9)
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
1999, FollettBound Platinum
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Published in
New York, USA
Genre
Juvenile fiction
Copyright Date
1999

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Format
Trade Paperback
Pagination
213 p. ;
Number of pages
213

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL23243627M
ISBN 10
0671027344
ISBN 13
9780671027346
OCLC/WorldCat
1005362360
Amazon ID (ASIN)
0671027344
LibraryThing
10482, 0671027344
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22628

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OL875437W

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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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