The Outsiders

s.e. hinton jodi picoult

In Ponyboy's world there are two types of people. There are the Socs the rich society kids who get away with anything. The there are the greasers, like Ponyboy, who aren't so lucky. Ponyboy has a few things he can count on, hid older brothers, his friends, and trouble with the Socs, whose idea of a good time is beating up greasers like Ponyboy. At least he knows what to expect--until the night things go too far.

When it was first published in 1967, The Outsiders struck an immediate chord with its readers. Defying convention, the groundbreaking novel became a touchstone of honesty and excellence in its genre. As Jodi Picault observes in her perceptive introduction, it continues to resonate with its powerful portrait of the bonds and boundaries of friendship.
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Genres classicsyoung adultfictionschoolread for schoolcoming of agerealistic fictionhistorical fictioncontemporarychildrens

136 pages, Paperback

First published April 24,1967

Literary awards

books i loved best yearly (bilby) awards, margaret a. edwards award,

Places

tulsa oklahoma, oklahoma,

This edition

Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Published: May 30, 2006 by Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780143039853
ASIN: 0143039857
Language: English

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About the author

s.e. hinton

S.E. Hinton, was and still is, one of the most popular and best known writers of young adult fiction. Her books have been taught in some schools, and banned from others. Her novels changed the way people look at young adult literature.

Susan Eloise Hinton was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She has always enjoyed reading but wasn't satisfied with the literature that was being written for young adults, which influenced her to write novels like The Outsiders. That book, her first novel, was published in 1967 by Viking.