TY - BOOK AU - Chbosky,Stephen TI - The perks of being a wallflower SN - 978-1-84739-407-1 AV - PS 3553 C53 1999 U1 - 813/.54 21 PY - 1999/// CY - New York PB - Pocket Books KW - YOUNG ADULT FICTION KW - FRIENDSHIP KW - MENTAL ILLNESS KW - HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS KW - Epistolary fiction KW - gsafd KW - Bildungsromans N2 - Charlie is a wallflower - shy and introspective, and intelligent beyond his years, if not very savvy in the social arts. We learn about Charlie through the letters he writes to someone of undisclosed name, age and gender. He encounters the same struggles many face in high school - how to make friends, the intensity of a crush, family tensions, a first relationship, exploring sexuality, experimenting with drugs - but he must also deal with the devastating fact of his best friend's recent suicide ER -