Besides being a novelist, STEPHEN CHBOSKY has written screen plays and directed movies. His Perks of Being a Wallflower has catapulted him into the YA limelight.
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWERby Stephen Chbosky
Charlie
is starting
his freshman year in high school. He's not a popular student, nor a
particularly happy one. His best friend, for example, killed himself,
and this death raises the spector of his favorite aunt's death in a car
crash on his 7th birthday.
Readers get to follow his struggles to find his place in the world through a series of letters.
Adults should note that while the book ends on an up-note, but some of the content is about sexuality, drinking, and drugs.
Readers get to follow his struggles to find his place in the world through a series of letters.
Adults should note that while the book ends on an up-note, but some of the content is about sexuality, drinking, and drugs.
Reading Information:
Word Count: 62,376
Page Count: 213
Accelerated Reading level: 4.8 / points: 9.0
AR quiz: 32374
Lexile: 720L
