The Perks of Being a Wallflower

An amazing bestseller by Stephen Chbosky, a touching coming-of-age novel (“‘Catcher in the Rye’ for new times,” as critics put it), which sold over a million copies and was adapted into a film by the author himself—moreover, one of the main roles in the movie was played by Emma Watson, who is also Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter films. Charlie transfers to a senior high school. Afraid of what might await him there after his recent nervous breakdown, he starts writing letters to someone he has never met, but whom he is sure can understand him well. Charlie doesn’t like going to dances, because he usually likes songs that you simply can’t dance to. Each new book he reads on Bill’s advice—the literature teacher—quickly becomes Charlie’s favorite: “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “Peter Pan,” “The Great Gatsby,” “Catcher in the Rye,” “On the Road,” “Naked Lunch”...

Bill advises Charlie to “be a filter, not a sponge,” and he honestly tries. Charlie also tries not to remember the childhood traumas he has firmly forgotten and to figure out his feelings for Sam, a senior student, the sister of his friend Patrick, nicknamed Nika(k)yk..