The Perks of Being a Wallflower Magical Realism Charlie must learn to navigate

Charlie must learn to navigate those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up

Why are honest asylum seekers dismissed as liars

But will she be brave enough to withstand the reckoning she's hurtling toward

the juvenile reform school accepted children as young as six years of age for crimes as harmless as truancy or trespassing

The Perks of Being a Wallflower Magical Realism Charlie must learn to navigateRead the cult favorite coming of age story that takes a sometimes heartbreaking, often hysterical, and always honest look at high school in all its glory. Now a major motion picture starring Logan Lerman and Emma Watson, The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a funny, touching, and haunting modern classic. The critically acclaimed debut novel from Stephen Chbosky, Perks follows observant "wallflower" Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world