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  1. The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel by S.E. Hinton published in 1967 by Viking Press.The book details the conflict between two rival gangs of White Americans divided by their socioeconomic status: the working-class "Greasers" and the upper-middle-class "Socs" (pronounced / ˈ s oʊ ʃ ɪ z / —short for Socials).The story is told in first-person perspective by teenage protagonist Ponyboy ...

  2. The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel by S. E. Hinton, first published in 1967 by Viking Press. Ponyboy Curtis, a teenager member of a loose gang of "greasers", is leaving a movie theater when he is jumped by "Socs", the greasers' rival gang.

  3. Book Summary. The Outsiders is about two weeks in the life of a 14-year-old boy. The novel tells the story of Ponyboy Curtis and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider. Ponyboy and his two brothers — Darrel (Darry), who is 20, and Sodapop, who is 16 — have recently lost their parents in ...

  4. Jun 17, 2024 · The Outsiders is an American young adult (YA) novel by S.E. Hinton about rival teen gangs in Oklahoma that was published in 1967 and was one of the first modern YA novels. The novel centers on Ponyboy Curtis, a 14-year-old boy who narrates about two weeks of his life in a city (presumed to be Tulsa) that is deeply divided between the working-class ‘greasers’ and upper-class ‘Socs ...

  5. The Outsiders Full Book Summary. Ponyboy Curtis belongs to a lower-class group of Oklahoma youths who call themselves greasers because of their greasy long hair. Walking home from a movie, Ponyboy is attacked by a group of Socs, the greasers’ rivals, who are upper-class youths from the West Side of town.

  6. May 30, 2006 · The Outsiders. S. E. Hinton. Penguin, May 30, 2006 - Fiction - 160 pages. Now a Broadway musical. Inspiration for Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic film. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. First published in 1967, S. E. Hinton's novel was an immediate phenomenon. Today, with more than eight ...

  7. Apr 20, 2006 · Praise for The Outsiders "The Outsiders transformed young-adult fiction from a genre mostly about prom queens, football players and high school crushes to one that portrayed a darker, truer world." — The New York Times "Taut with tension, filled with drama." — The Chicago Tribune "[A] classic coming-of-age book." — Philadelphia Daily News "What it's like to live lonely and unwanted and ...

  8. May 15, 2012 · The Outsiders is a dramatic and enduring work of fiction that laid the groundwork for the YA genre. 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 first published. "The Outsiders transformed young-adult fiction from a genre mostly about prom queens ...

  9. The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton, published in 1967, is a coming-of-age novel set in the 1960s in Tulsa, Oklahoma.Hinton began writing The Outsiders at the age of fifteen, inspired by her frustration with the social divisions in her high school and the lack of realistic fiction for high school readers.. The story is narrated by Ponyboy Curtis, a teenager from the wrong side of the tracks, who ...

  10. The Outsiders transformed young-adult fiction from a genre mostly about prom queens, football players and high school crushes to one that portrayed a darker, truer world.” —The New York Times “Taut with tension, filled with drama.” —The Chicago Tribune “[A] classic coming-of-age book.” —Philadelphia Daily News

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