u003cbu003eA heroic story of friendship and belongingu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e No one ever said life was easy. But Ponyboy is pretty sure that he's got things figured out. He knows that he can count on his brothers, Darry and Sodapop. And he knows that he can count on his friends?true friends who would do anything for him, like Johnny and Two-Bit. And when it comes to the Socs?a vicious gang of rich kids who enjoy beating up on "greasers" like him and his friends?he knows that he can count on them for trouble. But one night someone takes things too far, and Ponyboy's world is turned upside down...u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Written over forty-five years ago, u003ciu003eThe Outsidersu003c/iu003e is a dramatic and enduring work of fiction. 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.u003cbru003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003e"u003ciu003eThe Outsidersu003c/iu003e 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." ?u003ciu003eThe u003c/iu003eu003ciu003eNew York Timesu003c/iu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003e "Taut with tension, filled with drama." u003c/bu003eu003cbu003e?u003ciu003eThe Chicago Tribuneu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003e"[A] classic coming-of-age book." ?u003ciu003ePhiladelphia Daily Newsu003c/iu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003e "What it's like to live lonely and unwanted and cornered by circumstance...There is rawness and violence here, but honest hope, too." ?u003ciu003eNational Observeru003c/iu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003e A u003ciu003eNew York Herald Tribuneu003c/iu003e Best Teenage Booku003cbru003e A u003ciu003eChicago Tribuneu003c/iu003e Book World Spring Book Festival Honor Booku003cbru003e An ALA Best Book for Young Adultsu003cbru003e Winner of the Massachusetts Children's Book Awardu003c/bu003e
