![]() XD I mean alone the fact that Ponyboy and Soda were sleeping together in a bed! Their brotherly relationship was so nice to read! Those brothers cared about each other and their friends and they would have done almost everything in order to help them! _< I swear the moment I read about the interactions and relationships between those boys I was already hooked! It felt like reading “The Raven Boys” all over again just a couple of years earlier, with other troubles and with a smaller book size. He’s just got more worries than somebody his age ought to.” “Listen, kiddo, when Darry hollers at you … he doesn’t mean nothin’. Well, my school system obviously failed but that definitely didn’t stop me from reading “The Outsiders” and I’m very glad about it. So this was my first time reading “The Outsiders” and I really don’t get why our teachers never forced us to read THIS book at school! I’m convinced my teenage me wouldn’t only have approved but also would have enjoyed it immensely and I’m kinda sad I had to discover this book so late. But all the wrong sights, not the sights you want to see.” Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn. ”Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. The records are for the 1988 cover (this record), the 1995 cover, and the 2008 cover which is also the current in-print cover. Librarian note: This record is for one of the three editions published with different covers and with ISBN 2-X / 978-0-14-038572-4. The murder gets under Ponyboy's skin, causing his bifurcated world to crumble and teaching him that pain feels the same whether a soc or a greaser. Ponyboy is a greaser, and he's always been proud of it, even willing to rumble against a gang of socs for the sake of his fellow greasers-until one terrible night when his friend Johnny kills a soc. A greaser, on the other hand, always lives on the outside and needs to watch his back. A soc (short for "social") has money, can get away with just about anything, and has an attitude longer than a limousine. According to Ponyboy, there are two kinds of people in the world: greasers and socs. 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. The editions are printed offset on premium Mohawk Via Vellum paper.The Outsiders is about two weeks in the life of a 14-year-old boy. The Artist edition is signed by Jeff Echevarria. The Numbered and Lettered editions are signed by S.E. The text pages are set in Trivia and Lydian types. The editions measure 6” x 9” and feature six charcoal & graphite illustrations by Jeff Echevarria. Hinton is presented in three states: Artist, Numbered and Lettered. The signed limited edition of The Outsiders by S.E. Since its debut, the book has sold more than 15 million copies, become a steady feature on school reading lists, been adapted into a film by Francis Ford Coppola, and helped shape an entire literary genre marketed to young adults.Īs poignant and relevant today as the day it was first published, The Outsiders urges a divisive world to remember that, as Ponyboy says, we all “see the same sunset,” and that while we may be the ones who create great divides between each other, we can also be the ones to bridge them. As a result, it was a hit with young readers across the country. Her novel would present adolescent characters who were the opposite of everything a teenager, by adult standards, should be. Hinton felt that the required reading in school was not an honest reflection of the lives teenagers experienced in her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Hinton published The Outsiders in 1967 – a novel she began writing at age 15 and sold at 17 – the idea of a teenager writing fiction for her peers was practically unheard of. ![]() As tensions mount in a neighborhood war between the poor greasers and the rich Socs, Ponyboy grapples with the stereotypes placed upon him as he searches for his own identity and place in society. For Ponyboy, life is a series of conflicts. The Outsiders tells the story of two weeks in the life of a teenage boy as he struggles to stay with his brothers, stay true to himself and “stay gold” following the death of his parents. Hinton is the classic tale that revolutionized the young adult novel. Gritty, authentic and full of heart, The Outsiders by S.E.
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