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The Outsiders

by S. E. Hinton

Speak | October 6, 1997 | Trade Paperback

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The 45th anniversary of a landmark work of teen fiction

Ponyboy can count on his brothers and his friends, but not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids who get away with everything, including beating up greasers like Ponyboy. At least he knows what to expect--until the night someone takes things too far.

Written forty-five years ago, S. E. Hinton''s classic story of a boy who finds himself on the outskirts of regular society remains as powerful today as it was the day it was written.
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  • 4 months ago
    A Must Read
    I'm not going to lie when our teacher first told us we would be reading a book where the main character's name was Ponyboy I wasn't expecting much but by the end of the first chapter I was hooked. The author write's a book that;s realistic yet not talked about often. The book had me laughing one second then crying the next. Everyone should read this book, I don't know anyone who didn't love this book.
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  • 6 months ago
    Really, really great for teens
    I read this book with my class and i thought it was really good. Way better then I expected, even if it is based in the past and I usually hate books based in the past. The writing was good, and the ending was fantastic. It was boring at times, and we read it out loud in class, which always takes me a while to process. Overall, really, really great for teens
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  • 10 months ago
    Finally our education system gets it right.
    Wow! This book is amazing! We read this for school and I didn't except it to be good. This is definitely worth a read even though we had lots of homework questions to go with it. A must read!
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  • 11 months ago
    Loved it since Grade 8
    This is one of my all time favorite books. I think I've read it about 10 times. This book made me want to read all of her books. S.E. Hinton is a fabulous writer. This book will make you laugh and cry. I wish everyone got to read it in Grade 8. You'll never forget what true friendship means. These boys lived and died for each other. If you get the chance read it. I've never met anyone who's read it and didn't like it.
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  • 11 months ago
    No Words Can Explain.
    This book is amazing! I've read it in grade seven and since then it has been one of my favourites to this day. I love the story behind it and the way the author explains the characters. Every time I read it I fall in love with Ponyboy and everytime I watch the movie I die when I see Sodapop and Johnny in the movie! Its definitely a favourite! I highly recommend everyone to read it! It is a classic and a great read.
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  • 3 years ago
    amazing
    i thought that this book was really goodespecially the story line. i thought that the movie, in my opinion was too short but it had all of the main details.
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  • 3 years ago
    The Book is Okay.
    The Book is okay, although the movie was was better. but overall it's okay. I liked it.
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  • 3 years ago
    A Great Book
    Outsiders" was a great book. I would recomend people to read it, it was well put together and interesting to read. this book tell's you about these brothers living together, and are in a gang call the "Greaser". the brother and there friends team up with there whole gang to try and beat there competion, the rich South Side gang called the "Soc" in a big fight called the "Rumble".
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  • 3 years ago
    this had to be my fave book it was soo real i loved it i cant stop reading it !!!!!!!!!!!!!1
    this book is fantstice it had every thing i look forwored in to a book. It has drama, action, sad new and so much more. I just could put it down i have read it more that 4 times. I defanatly recomed this book to every one of evey age. the auther S.E Hinton is fabulous. i would love to read more of her books :) My fovourite charachter , Pony Boy, faces many many difficulte chalenges. Him and his best bud ,Johnny, togather share the misery of killing there enamies the soc. and having to runaway from all thier problems. the Soc. and a rich gang whom always jump others who are less then them especial the greeser. The greeser are another gang, the members of the grees gang are Ponyboy, Johnny , Dally, Derren, Sodapop , Too-bit. There is alot of action in this book and if you do read it i hope you like it !!!
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  • 3 years ago
    This book was from the heart
    I think this book was from the heart because it shows emotions from boys.These boys r from a gang to, and u don t really see emotions from guys or even a gang member. The book was a great thing to read because we see how gang memebers are.How they work ,and live. Wat they do in the free time,and all sorts of other things. They kinda showed us that gang memebers back in the past weren t soo bad as they are in the present. They show alot of love for each other and thats how life is caring and believing
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The Outsiders

The Outsiders

by S. E. Hinton

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Appropriate for ages: 13 - 17

From the Publisher

The 45th anniversary of a landmark work of teen fiction

Ponyboy can count on his brothers and his friends, but not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids who get away with everything, including beating up greasers like Ponyboy. At least he knows what to expect--until the night someone takes things too far.

Written forty-five years ago, S. E. Hinton''s classic story of a boy who finds himself on the outskirts of regular society remains as powerful today as it was the day it was written.

About the Book

When it was first published in 1967, "The Outsiders" defied convention with its immediate, deeply sympathetic portrayal of Ponyboy and his struggle to find a place for himself in a difficult world.

Format: Trade Paperback

Dimensions: 192 Pages, 3.94 × 7.48 × 0.39 in

Published: October 6, 1997

Publisher: Speak

Language: English

The following ISBNs are associated with this title:

ISBN - 10: 014038572X

ISBN - 13: 9780140385724

From Our Editors

Junior Booklover Contest Winner Riley, age 13, from Calgary, AB "Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay." ...recites Ponyboy Curtis, to his 16-year-old friend Johnny, as they sit on the front steps of the abandoned church they are temporarily calling home. "Robert Frost wrote it," he says to Johnny, as the sun slides upward in front of them. "He meant more to it than I'm getting', though." An amazing and touching tale of friendship, and at the same time, a depiction of the pointlessness of fighting and rivalry, The Outsiders tells the story of Ponyboy, who is fourteen and the youngest of three brothers in a family with no parents. His older brothers work hard to support their small, yet surprisingly tightly-knit family. All three are Greasers, living on the west (and poor) side of town, with their friends Two-Bit, Steve, Johnny and Dallas. The Greasers are sworn enemies of the east-end Socials, known as Socs. The Socs are, for the most part, rich, and are known on the west side as nothing more than white trash with Mustangs (the car). Following a violent gang fight, Johnny and Ponyboy escape town. Tragedy strikes twice as Johnny suffers a life-threatening injury, further fuelling the Greasers' hatred of the Socs. The fierce animosity between the two gangs in not sugar-coated, coming to a conclusive showdown at the v
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From the Critics

?...we meet powerful characters in a book with a powerful message.?? The Horn Book

About the Author

S. E. Hinton, the inaugural winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award, is one of the most popular and best-known writers of young adult fiction. Her novels include That Was Then, This Is Now, Some of Tim''s Stories and Rumble Fish. She lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with her husband.
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