An act of violence forces them to flee to the edges of town, where a snowballing series of events brings about a fatal, climactic showdown with the Socs. It doesn’t take long for trouble to hunt down the two boys. With dead parents and a home with his two older brothers, he’s on the outside of the Socs’ world-a Greaser. They’ve got money, nuclear families, and exclusionary, angry attitudes toward those not like them-kids like Ponyboy. from Harvard University.On the inside, there are the Socs (Socials). in Creative Writing from Princeton University, and her M.Ed. Jodi Picoult grew up in Nesconset, New York. Edwards Award, which honors authors whose book or books, over a period of time, have been accepted by young people as an authentic voice that continues to illuminate their experiences and emotions, giving insight into their lives. She received the American Library Association and School Library Journal first annual Margaret A. Today, with more than eight million copies in print, the book is the best-selling young adult novel of all time, made into a film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Emilio Estevez, Patrick Swayze, Matt Dillon, and Tom Cruise. (Chicago Tribune) About the Author Susan Eloise Hinton published The Outsiders during her freshman year at the University of Tulsa. Review Quotes Taut with tension, filled with drama.

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