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Title: The Outsiders
by S. E. Hinton
ISBN: 014038572X
Publisher: Prentice Hall (K-12)
Pub. Date: November, 1997
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Volumes: 1
List Price(USD): $5.99
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Average Customer Rating: 4.62

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Rating: 5
Summary: Extraordinary Insight.
Comment: Leave it to a gifted sixteen-year-old to decipher in such clear and compelling fashion the powerful motivations of adolescent existence. The Outsiders is a sophisticated, moving, gripping tale of teenage angst, peer pressure, ignorance, and self-discovery. Rarely do readers connect faster or more completely than with Hinton's "Ponyboy" character. The realism and emotion of this book are astounding. It's not a fluffy, feel-good book for kids. It's at the other end of the spectrum from Harry Potter fantasy. This is full-contact fiction dealing with the everyday drama and trauma today's kids witness or worry about: family, friends, school, violence, police, gangs, love, loyalty, fear, and aspirations. This one leaves a mark. Bravo! --Christopher Bonn Jonnes, author of Wake Up Dead.

Rating: 4
Summary: The Outsiders
Comment: The Outsiders is about three brothers who must try to stick together in a rough neighborhood. The youngest brother is trying to find his identity and role in society while going through many ordeals such as trouble with the police and fights between the "Socials" and the "Greasers." I believe that this book conveys many important values along with scenes common in our society today. There are disputes between different social classes as well as acts of heroism shown by Ponyboy at the burning church. The book starts out introducing the main characters and a little background on their place in society. The narrator, Ponyboy, is one of three brothers who lost their parents in a car accident. The oldest brother takes care of them and teaches them many values, which brought the brothers into a respectable life. Many events bring Ponyboy closer to realizing how other people think and where exactly he belongs.

The American Library Association lists The Outsiders as one of the top 100 challenged books of 2000-2001 around the country. They reported it being banned for its violence, profanity, and drinking. I found absolutely no profanity in the book, although it does contain some violence and drinking. But the narrator in the book even criticizes drinking and prefers to avoid fights. One surprising point was that although the "greasers" carried around knives, they never use them to fight with. If they were going to fight, they used their fists instead of deadly weapons. This book should not have been banned because it critiques objectionable behaviors and certainly does not promote any of them.

Rating: 5
Summary: The outsiders"Greaser Family"
Comment: The book is told by an fourteen year old boy who is part of a gang called the "Greasers".There's about six more peopel who are in the gang, Johnny,Sodapop,Steve, Dally,Darry, and Two-bits mathews.They look out for each other. There's another gang called the "Socs". Their the cold hearted gang. They don't care if your dieing cept if your one of the socs but they'll let you die.As the book goes on the two gangs get in a couple fights and one of those fights Bob(one of the socs) gets killed by Johnny becausen he was hurting ponyboy.So they run away. That's all im going to say your going to have to read the book to find out what happen's after. I really like the book and i would recomend the book to all kids.

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