Most people think 15-year-old Charlie is a freak. The only friend he had killed himself, forcing him to face high school alone. But then seniors Patrick and his beautiful stepsister Sam take Charlie under their wings and introduce him to their eclectic, open-minded, hard-partying friends. It is from these older kids that Charlie learns to live and love, until a repressed secret from his past threatens to destroy his newfound happiness.
year: 2012, 1999, 2006
call number/section: 1000
subjects: teenagers, juvenile fiction, letters, fiction, coming of age, audiobooks, high schools, epistolary fiction, bildungsromans, epistolary fiction, bildungsromans
Editions
Chbosky, Stephen
MTV Books/Gallery Books (2012)
Charlie, a freshman in high school, explores the dilemmas of growing up through a collection of letters he sends to an unknown receiver.
Schools: 27
Chbosky, Stephen
Pocket Books (1999)
Schools: 12
Chbosky, Stephen
Recorded Books (2006)
Most people think 15-year-old Charlie is a freak. The only friend he had killed himself, forcing him to face high school alone. But then seniors Patrick and his beautiful stepsister Sam take Charlie under their wings and introduce him to their eclectic, open-minded, hard-partying friends. It is from these older kids that Charlie learns to live and love, until a repressed secret from his past threatens to destroy his newfound happiness.
Schools: 1
Chbosky, Stephen
Contains a collection of fictional letters from the character Charlie that illuminate some of the hardships of the high school years.
Schools: 36
Chbosky, Stephen
Charlie, a freshman in high school, explores the dilemmas of growing up through a collection of letters he sends to an unknown receiver.
Schools: 3
Chbosky, Stephen
Charlie, a freshman in high school, explores the dilemmas of growing up through a collection of letters he sends to an unknown receiver.
Schools: 2