"He's a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand." 
 This is a story, about a teenage boy, who wrote letters about his life. He talks about family, friends, school, first date, drugs, sex, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Even more intimate than a diary, he sends those letters to an unknown friend. It describes how a teenager was caught in a world that seems to be too much to live in. 
 The book was compared to "The Catcher in the Rye", which is also about a teenage boy. I very much relate to his story, being a teenager that thinks the world is simple, and then when something goes wrong, the world becomes very complicated. 
 The first book by Chbosky, if you're a teenager (or still in puberty), you'll be surprised that what runs in your mind, also runs in the mind of every teenager you've known. If you're not a teenager, then you'll understand why teenager thinks the way he thinks.