And nobody in our gang digs movies and books the way I do. I mean, my second-oldest brother, Soda, who is sixteen-going-on-seventeen, never cracks a book at all, and my oldest brother, Darrel, who we call Darry, works too long and hard to be interested in a story or drawing a picture, so I’m not like them. When I see a movie with someone it’s kind of uncomfortable, like having someone read your book over your shoulder. I had a long walk home and no company, but I usually lone it anyway, for no reason except that I like to watch movies undisturbed so I can get into them and live them with the actors.
My hair is longer than a lot of boys wear theirs, squared off in back and long at the front and sides, but I am a greaser and most of my neighborhood rarely bothers to get a haircut. I wish they were more gray, because I hate most guys that have green eyes, but I have to be content with what I have. I have light-brown, almost-red hair and greenish-gray eyes. I was wishing I looked like Paul Newman-he looks tough and I don’t-but I guess my own looks aren’t so bad. WHEN I STEPPED out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home. Winner of the Massachusetts Children's Book Award " classic coming-of-age book." - Philadelphia Daily NewsĪ New York Herald Tribune Best Teenage BookĪ Chicago Tribune Book World Spring Book Festival Honor Book " 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 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 is a dramatic and enduring work of fiction that laid the groundwork for the YA genre. At least he knows what to expect-until the night someone takes things too far. And he knows that he can count on his friends-true friends who would do anything for him, like Johnny and Two-Bit. But not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids whose idea of a good time is beating up on “greasers” like Ponyboy.
He knows that he can count on his brothers, Darry and Sodapop. But Ponyboy is pretty sure that he's got things figured out. 50 years of an iconic classic! This international bestseller and inspiration for a beloved movie is a heroic story of friendship and belonging.
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