Perks of Being a Wallflower, written by Stephen Chbosky, is a book about a teenage boy and his experiences throughout high school. Charlie, the main character of the book, must learn how to cope with the suicide of his best and only friend, Michael, so he starts to write letters to his “friend”, allowing Charlie to express his emotions. During his freshman year, he finds a new group of friends, Sam, Patrick and all of their friends. At a party one night, these friends explain to him how he acts as a wallflower, Charlie seeing and understanding his friends’ secrets without telling others. Being a wallflower brought him his new friends, his acquaintances being one of the most cherished parts of his life at the moment -- hence the title of this