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treehugger
Sep 14, 2009 rated it it was ok
Shelves: read_2009, young_adult, classics, popular_lit, coming-of-age
Oh sigh, this book was REALLY reminiscent of Catcher in the Rye, which, despite the author's awesome last name, is really one of my least favorite classics of all time.

Was the kid in this book autistic or what? and who the hell was he writing to,and why should we as the readers care? Why was he so spacey and weird? Why did he talk like he was 8 sometimes, and 30 sometimes? And why was he 16 and driving as a freshman in high school? And why was he hanging out with seniors in high school? And why ...more
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Jenn
Aug 07, 2013 rated it it was amazing
I loved this book so much. Beautiful portrait of teen outsider angst with so much heart.
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L Cam
Jun 21, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites, ya-realistic-fiction, ya-lgbtqia-themes, page-to-screen, banned-books, classic-k-20-reads
Perks of being a wall flower was a very good book. It was strange; all that was happening inside the story itself but i loved it. It dose have some pervy stuff in there but I think its a 5 star book
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SGK
Jul 16, 2007 rated it it was amazing
This is a beautifully written, thouroughly engrossing book. I loved it. And so will you if you are smart
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Annie Dalton
May 14, 2007 rated it really liked it
This book is honest, tender, and full of truth.
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Kate McCartney
Apr 15, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: teen-fiction
Kristi Marshae
Apr 17, 2007 rated it really liked it
Shannon
Apr 20, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: own, ya-books
Awesome.
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Michael E
Apr 23, 2007 rated it liked it
Matthew
Jun 26, 2007 rated it really liked it
Jeff
Oct 03, 2007 marked it as to-read
Rachel Harlich
Jul 13, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Joy
Aug 08, 2008 marked it as to-read
Shelves: fiction
Abisola
Apr 07, 2010 marked it as to-read
Borden
Jun 25, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Michelle
Dec 08, 2010 rated it really liked it
Kristy
Oct 12, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites
cat
Nov 06, 2012 marked it as to-read
Rachel
Nov 17, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fiction
KC
Dec 09, 2012 marked it as to-read
Stephanie
Jan 16, 2013 rated it really liked it
Nico
Feb 22, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Blair
Aug 29, 2013 marked it as to-read
Shelves: 2015-reading-challenge
Stephanie
Sep 10, 2013 rated it really liked it
Stephanie
Feb 08, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Matthew
Nov 07, 2014 marked it as to-read
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