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The Outsiders by S.E.Hinton Reviewed by Eden Submitted December 5 2011

The Outsiders, by S.E.Hinton, is about a boy, a boy named Ponyboy. Ponyboy is a greaser. Greasers are poor and are in constant war against the Socs, or the really rich kids. Ponyboy lives with his two brothers, Darry, who is smart, strong, and looks after his two younger brothers, and Sodapop, who is funny, not especially smart, and always sticks up for Ponyboy. Pony spends a lot of time with the gang, which is like family to him. Ponyboy is a dreamer. He often dreams about movies, or sunsets, or perhaps the blissful and easy life of the Socs. But then he meets Cherry, a pretty cheerleader who goes to his highschool, and she tells him all about how her life has so many hardships, and it's not really peaceful at all. Ponyboy thinks about this and realizes that he doesn't have the worst life anyone could have after all. Suddenly, his entire life gets turned upside down when one of his best friends and member of the gang, scared little Johnny, kills a Soc, Bob. Now he and Johnny are on the run, trying to escape police and not be put in jail. Will Johnny and Ponyboy escape the police? Or will they be caught and killed? home ejking library