Monday, March 18, 2013

The Perks of Being a Wallflower Summary


The book The Perks of Being a Wallflower, made famous by the movie is a captivating and inspiring novel about a boy named Charlie who struggles his way through his freshman year of high school. Charlie is a shy teenager without friends that has just joined the high-school. He misses his best friend, who had committed suicide, and he writes letters to an imaginary friend telling his feelings. Further, Charlie has a mental illness problem in his past. Soon Charlie befriends the veterans Patrick, and his stepsister Sam and they become best friends. Charlie wants to be a writer and he also becomes the favorite student of his teacher of literature, Mr. Anderson, who lends him books. As he gets to know Sam and Patrick they teach him the ins and outs of high school he learns much more about his inner self.

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