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So we get to talk about books like today's episode, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by

Stephen Chubaskey, a 90s into 2000s hit about high school, one of the great modern

high school novels.

And there's really two editions you can get.

And both of them have something to recommend themselves.

There are paperbacks that

use the original cover. I guess you could find a first edition. I'm not seeing any of those available

here, but there's a 20th anniversary edition that has like a 20th anniversary sticker on it of the

original cover and paperback that also includes a new letter from Charlie, the main character at the end about what they've sort of been up to. And maybe you want that. That's not in the original. That's not in some of the first printing, first edition paperbacks that came out. I also really like the movie tie-in edition of this. I think the one I saw, it just feels so 90s, it just feels of a time and a place. That one you can get for as little as

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movie tie in addition of this book. All right, time for the show.

Welcome to Zero to Well Read, a podcast about everything you need to know about the books you wish you'd read.

I'm Jeff O'Neill.

And I'm Rebecca Shinsky.

Get ready to get emo today because we are talking about the millennial young adult classic,

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by

Steven Shabowski. I should have done black eyeliner, Jeff. So this is a, it's fascinating

because this is a book I know we've talked about over the years, like it's something we both

read, we both enjoy, we both think is interesting. And it came out at an important time for you, but it's

about an important time for me. So it's like it's very strangely distributed over our shared

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