01780nam a22003138i 4500 991027154296307026 UkOxU 20251013162638.0 t| 240311s2024 enk j 000|f eng|d 9781398530003 ()9781398530003 (StEdALDL)1/4468945 StDuBDS eng StDuBDS rda UkOxU eng PS3553.H3469 P47 2012 Chbosky, Stephen author 26134 The perks of being a wallflower / Stephen Chbosky. London : Simon & Schuster UK, 2024. 240 pages ; 20 cm. Charlie is a shy and introspective teenage boy, a wallflower always standing on the edge of the action. We learn about him through the letters he writes to someone of an undisclosed name, age and gender, a stylistic technique which adds to the heart-wrenching earnestness of the story. More intimate than a diary, Charlie's letters are singular and unique, hilarious and devastating. Charlie encounters many of the struggles familiar to everybody from their school days, from making friends, first crushes, experimenting with drugs and sexuality, but he must also deal with his best friend's suicide and a shocking realisation about his beloved late Aunt Helen which challenges his very grip on reality. This is a funny, touching, memorable first novel which captures with resounding accuracy the voice of a boy teetering on the brink of adulthood. High school students Social conditions Fiction 26135 Teenagers Fiction 26136 Letters Fiction 26122 Diary fiction 14285 Epistolary fiction 26137 Young adult fiction 22863 lcc 0 0 lcc 0 0 TBS TBS 2025-10-13 0 P-EN CHB B07681 2025-10-13 1 2025-10-13 1 5039 5039