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Charlie, the fifteenyearold narrator of the perks of being a wallflower, has just entered his freshman year of high school when the book begins. The perks of being a wallflower by stephen chbosky. The film boosted the novels sales, and the book reached the new york. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Confronting high school simulacra in stephen chboskys.
He also edited pieces, a collection of short stories for pocket books. Perks of being a wallflower by stephen chbosky banned. The perks of being a wallflower book by stephen chbosky. More intimate than a diary, charlies letters are singular and unique, hilarious and devastating.
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