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  <title>The Perks of Being a Wallflower</title>
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  <read_at>Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you look past all the sex in this book, which is a major theme in it, it's a well-done coming of age story. The &quot;wallflower&quot; is a teenage boy, and he's a really likable character. Teens and even adults who like to read will appreciate him as he comes out of his shell and begins to &quot;participate&quot; more. Unfortunately, the world he's participating in is anything but innocent; drugs, homosexuality, abortion, molestation - it's all in here, and it's written about as though it's the norm in today's high schools, which, I fear, may be true. It's sort of like <em>Catcher in the Rye</em> set in the 1990's.]]></body>
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