The Perks of Being a Wallflower- Stephen Chbosky

  This week I decided to start a new book. Yes, it may sound like a cheesy, teenage-girl book, but in reality, I've heard only good things about it. In spite of all the preconceived ideas of what this book is about, I am going to read "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky. Throughout it's 206 pages, this book is a story about what its like to go through the roller-coaster ride of high school.

   The main character is a freshman boy named Charlie who meets a pair of teenagers named Sam and Patrick who takes him under their wings. They  introduce him to a whole new world of high school life. Of course, this would include drugs, parties, and shockingly literature. This story is written in a unique way where the events that take place are written in letters by Charlie himself. These letters are sent to a stranger who gets to learn about his experiences throughout his first year of high school. Overall, I think that learning about one boy's experiences from an important time in life will not only be interesting to read, but it will teach me a little about life along the way.