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(http://www.nassaulibrary.org/YABookLog/2009/12/the_outsiders_b.html) __The Outsiders__ by S.E. Hinton Review by Judy Milling Submitted March 26, 2011

A book that all teens seem to enjoy is __The Outsiders__ by S.E. Hinton. My students kept requesting that we read the novel in class, but I honestly thought the book would glorify gangs. I was really wrong on that assumption. The genre of __The Outsiders__ is drama, but that doesn’t mean that there aren't many comical scenes with the Greasers from Oklahoma. Throughout the novel, the reader hears the thoughts and sees the world through the eyes of Ponyboy Curtis. I liked the character of Ponyboy, but the Greaser who really touched me was Johnny. Every so often, I’ll see a “Johnny” in my classroom, and I try to reach out to that student as I wished someone had done for the real Johnny. A continuing conflict in the novel is how the Greasers and the rich kids who are called Socs handle life’s problems while trying to fit in with the world.

I wish I could locate all those past students who for years tried to get me to teach __The Outsiders__. I owe them an apology because I should have been teaching this novel for the last 35 years instead of the last two. **Cobra Reviews of Page-Turners **
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