# The Perks of Being a Wallflower

**Author(s):** Stephen Chbosky
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (0 unpaid reviews; need 5)
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**Genres:** young-adult, literary-fiction, middle-grade, mental-health, music
**Publisher:** Midwest Tape
**Published:** Fri Jan 01 2010 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9781419387241
**ISBN-10:** 1419387243
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower

## Description

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a young adult coming-of-age epistolary novel by American writer Stephen Chbosky, which was first published on February 1, 1999, by Pocket Books. Set in the early 1990s, the novel follows Charlie, an introverted observing teenager, through his freshman year of high school in a Pittsburgh suburb. The novel details Charlie's unconventional style of thinking as he navigates between the worlds of adolescence and adulthood, and attempts to deal with poignant questions spurred by his interactions with both his friends and family.

## SageChimp reader verdict

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**Themes:** Epistolary / Letters, Coming of Age