the perks of being a wallflower by stephen chbosky 1999

Charlie, mystified by their nonchalance and seemingly quick-witted quips - “welcome to the island of misfit toys” - steps into their world, and at a party, Patrick officiates their friendship with a sweet sentiment “You see things. The air of confidence surrounding them is the fragile kind, masked by “good” music taste that “sounds so much better on vinyl” and eccentric hobbies like performing Rocky Horror at the local cinema or standing in the trunk of a Ford Pickup as Bowie’s Heroes blasts from the radio. It defined how it felt to be on the outside looking in, yearning for respite from the trauma of high school where kids grapple with identity daily while the place you’re supposed to go when you’ve got it all figured out looms eerily in the distance college.Ĭharlie (Logan Lerman) is a freshman longing to belong somewhere when he crosses paths with the dynamic sibling duo, Patrick (Ezra Miller) and Sam (Emma Watson), who are seniors. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie must learn to navigate those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up.Ī #1 New York Times best seller for more than a year, an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults (2000) and Best Book for Reluctant Readers (2000), and with millions of copies in print, this novel for teen readers (or “wallflowers” of more-advanced age) will make you laugh, cry, and perhaps feel nostalgic for those moments when you, too, tiptoed onto the dance floor of life.If you were a certain kind of teenager in 2012, The Perks of Being a Wallflower would’ve been your Bible. Devastating loss, young love, and life on the fringes. Sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. First dates, family drama, and new friends. The critically acclaimed debut novel from Stephen Chbosky, Perks follows observant “wallflower” Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. Now a major motion picture starring Logan Lerman and Emma Watson, The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a funny, touching, and haunting modern classic.

Read the cult-favorite coming of age story that takes a sometimes heartbreaking, often hysterical, and always honest look at high school in all its glory.

The perks of being a wallflower by stephen chbosky 1999