Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

In the book “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, written by Stephen Chbosky, the main character Charlie is a freshman in high school. Charlie is a quiet kid but he’s always paying attention. He’s currently dealing with a lot but as the book unravels he comes more and more out of his shell. The book is written in the format of letters that Charlie, the main character writes. He writes them and addresses them all to a “friend” with the start of every letter being: Dear friend. The letters are always ended by “Love always, Charlie.” The “friend’ Charlie is writing to stays anonymous and never writes back.

 The readers never find out who it is which is a cool concept. Charlie is only in his first year in high school and therefore learns many lessons, some of which even the readers can benefit from. This is a book that I had to read for a school project. It isn’t something that I would have picked out on my own but I enjoyed it.

Emma Fandel

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