The Perks of Being a Wallflower: Not Banned The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky is banned due to drug use, alcohol, and smoking. There are cases of homosexuality, homosexuality and offensive language. There are multiple occasions with sexually explicit content and it was deemed unsuitable for minors. I believe this book should not be banned at any level higher than elementary because it deals with real life situations and conveys a very powerful message that many people can relate to. Stephen Chbosky was born and raised in Pennsylvania. He is 45 years old and is an American writer, screenwriter and director. Stephen Chbosky is best known for writing The Perks of Being a Wallflower. This novel is the new one. Besides his teacher, he has two best friends named Patrick and his half-sister Sam. Patrick is a happy and carefree boy who happens to be homosexual and has a hard time dealing with it at school due to bullying, especially because his secret boyfriend named Brad, who is the quarterback of the football team, doesn't want anyone to know. about their relationship. Sam is Patrick's half-sister and attends high school. She has a boyfriend named Craig, who is also a senior and has to reject Charlie when he confesses his love for her because of her. Charlie was hurt when Sam rejected him, so Patrick helped him find a new girl to fall for. They went to a couple of parties and Charlie even got his first kiss with a girl named Mary-Elizabeth. They ended up dating and things were fine until Charlie went to another party. At this party he dared to kiss the prettiest girl in the room. As it happens, Sam was also in the room and kissed her instead of his girlfriend Mary-Elizabeth... things went downhill from there and they both ended up getting angry. The first time in 2003 that The Perks of Being a Wallflower was challenged was at Fairfax, Virginia school libraries by a group called Parents Against Bad Books in Schools for "vulgarity and descriptions of drug abuse, sexually explicit conduct, and torture." In 2004 he was removed from reading duties at Massapequa High School in New York due to his "offensive content". In 2005 the novel was contested in the Montgomery County Memorial Library System in Texas along with 15 other young adult books with homosexual themes by the Library of Patrons of Texas. The book was retained as optional reading in the curriculum at Arrowhead High School in Merton, Wyoming. In 2006 the novel was banned from all minors or other students by the Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction. In 2007 the book was kept on the reading list of Northwest Suburban HS District 214 in Arlington Heights, Illinois, along with eight other disputed titles. A newly elected school board member stirred up the controversy based on book excerpts she found on the Internet. In 2008 it was placed on the summer reading list at Commack High School in New York because of the two-page rape scene. In 2009 he was removed from the classrooms of Portage High School in Indiana due to issues such as homosexuality, drug use and sexual behavior. In 2010, the book was removed from the classrooms of Portage High School