Formats Available: Hardcover, paperback, Audio, Ebook
Awards: 1965: Media and Methods Maxi Award, ALA Best Young Adult Books
1967: New York Herald Tribune Best Teenage Books List, Chicago Tribune Book World Spring Book Festival Honor Book
1979: Massachusetts Children’s Book Award
1967: New York Herald Tribune Best Teenage Books List, Chicago Tribune Book World Spring Book Festival Honor Book
1979: Massachusetts Children’s Book Award
Annotation: Ponyboy deals with growing up and facing the trouble being part of the Greasers will get you into.
Review: Ponyboy knows he is an outsider, a Greaser. He knows that he doesn't have fancy clothes and he doesn't come from a family with lots of money. He knows he and his brothers and friends don't belong in the popular group of kids known as the Socs, or Socials. He and his Greaser friends spend their time defending themselves against the Socs and messing about on the outskirts of town. Life is harder for these guys. They come from broken homes with little money and poor education. Ponyboy tells the story of these Greaser kids and how they try to remain afloat in a world where they feel they just don't belong. But what will happen when a run in with the Socs suddenly takes a turn for the worse? Ponyboy suddenly finds himself deeper in a world of pain and fear and the realization that everyone can feel these emotions no matter where they come from.
We've all been there. Struggling to find a place where we fit in. A place where there is constant tension between groups of different people. The Outsiders shares the story of Ponyboy and the Greasers as they handle their situation in their own way, until it gets away from them and goes horribly wrong. Take this journey with Ponyboy and discover the courage and strength it takes to be "different". This book touches on the ideas of brotherhood, friendship, social differences, violence and what it takes to come together and work through those differences we all find in ourselves. A perfect story for readers as they enter middle school and begin to experience what finding yourself really means. For readers 12 years old and beyond, The Outsiders remains a classic for a reason. The Greasers live an unforgettable lifestyle and will relate to anyone who finds they have the same troubles of fitting in.
We've all been there. Struggling to find a place where we fit in. A place where there is constant tension between groups of different people. The Outsiders shares the story of Ponyboy and the Greasers as they handle their situation in their own way, until it gets away from them and goes horribly wrong. Take this journey with Ponyboy and discover the courage and strength it takes to be "different". This book touches on the ideas of brotherhood, friendship, social differences, violence and what it takes to come together and work through those differences we all find in ourselves. A perfect story for readers as they enter middle school and begin to experience what finding yourself really means. For readers 12 years old and beyond, The Outsiders remains a classic for a reason. The Greasers live an unforgettable lifestyle and will relate to anyone who finds they have the same troubles of fitting in.
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