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)

by and

  • ★★★★ 4.26 ·
  • 86 Ratings
  • 1760 Want to read
  • 104 Currently reading
  • 205 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
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English
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213

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Subjects
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
People
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
Places
Pittsburgh
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1990's
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Perks of Being a Wallflower YA Edition
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Els avantatges de ser un marginat
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Las ventajas de ser invisible
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2014
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2012, Simon & Schuster Ltd
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2012, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Noi siamo infinito. Ragazzo da parete
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Las ventajas de ser un marginado
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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2009, Pocket Books
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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Atskalūno laiškai
2004, Alma Littera
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
1999-02, MTV Books
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Apr 23, 1999, Demco Media
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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
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1999, Pocket Books
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Genre
Juvenile fiction
Copyright Date
1999

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

ID Numbers

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

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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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