The Perks of Being a Wallflower is written by American novelist Stephen Chbosky, and published in 1999 by MTV. The story is narrated by a teenager who goes by the alias of “Charlie,” who describes various segments of his life through a series of letters to an anonymous person. It is never revealed who this person is, or made clear if he knows them personally. Charlie is portrayed as an unconventional thinker, shy and unpopular.

The book has been at the forefront of the American Library Association’s banned books list throughout the last decade and was third on the ALA’s list for 2009.

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