The Outsiders
Language: English
Adolescence American Brothers Bullying Classics Criminology Determination (Personality trait) Families Family Family Life Fiction Friendship Gangs General Individuality Juvenile Fiction Movie novels Orphans Readers for new literates Social Issues Social Science Social problems Talking books for children Violence Violence in Society Young Adult Fiction
Publisher: Viking Press
Published: Mar 15, 1995
Description:
Amazon.com Review
According to Ponyboy, there are two kinds of people in the world: greasers and socs. A soc (short for "social") has money, can get away with just about anything, and has an attitude longer than a limousine. A greaser, on the other hand, always lives on the outside and needs to watch his back. Ponyboy is a greaser, and he's always been proud of it, even willing to rumble against a gang of socs for the sake of his fellow greasers--until one terrible night when his friend Johnny kills a soc. The murder gets under Ponyboy's skin, causing his bifurcated world to crumble and teaching him that pain feels the same whether a soc or a greaser. This classic, written by S. E. Hinton when she was 16 years old, is as profound today as it was when it was first published in 1967.
Review
“...we meet powerful characters in a book with a powerful message.”— The Horn Book