Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders. NY: Penguin Group, 1995. 180 pages. (General Fiction)
Ponyboy is your average 14 year old greaser. He is in a gang with his brothers Sodapop and Darry and a few more mischievous boys. They are usually pretty good kids, besides the fact that they get into rumbles and smoke and all. Ponyboy is probably the best in school out of all of them. He could have a better life than what he’s living right now if he chose to. He has a strong future ahead of him, until one night in the park. He was walking with Johnny, looking at the stars, when all of a sudden some Socs come and jump them. Nothing ever really happened when people got jumped, until that one Soc tried to kill Ponyboy. Jonny rescues him, but at what cost. Now they are on the run, not knowing what the future may hold for them.
I thought that The Outsiders was an awesome book. It gives you a taste of the true, sad life that these people had to live. It describes how they have fights all of the time and how rough it is to escape the torture of being jumped, beaten, and judged just because they were greasers. I recommend that all other people read this book. It really opened up my eyes to how good my life is even though I thought that it wasn’t at times. I think that everybody should know that they have it well; therefore I believe that everybody should read this book.
Reviewed by: So1cc5er
