great book by Josh Leal

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	• The Outsiders S. E. Hinton Puffin, 1997 - 192 pages average customer review:based on 1527 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A big surprise.

My mom first got me this book when I was in 5th grade. I read the first few pages but quickly lost interest. 3 years later, I was forced to read it for language arts class. Needless to say, it became the best book I ever had to read for a school assignment. I would recommend reading The Outsiders during middle school or junior high and later in life as well. Elementary schoolers (especially 5th graders) won't have too much trouble with the difficulty of reading, but will have trouble relating to the book or the characters. Overall, this is an outstanding book that every teenager should read

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great book by Josh Leal

The Outsiders takes place in the 60's in Tulsa, Oklahoma where there are 2 different social classes, socs and greasers. Socs are the richer kids who live on the west side and greasers are the less wealthy who wear a lot of grease in there hair and live on the east side. The socs and greasers never get along no matter what usually. They always fight with fists or some other things. Ponyboy is a greaser who relies on his brothers and friends. Both social classes go back and forth with their fighting. Pony and his older brother Darry get in a fight when after Darry hit pony boy he ran he ran as fast and as far as he could until he saw Johny. Both went together to the fountain in the town unil a group of socs comes. They stop and come over and start to drown Ponyboy. Almost as he is about to die Johny kills a soc. They have to get away far away so they won't get caught. They go to a far away town where they hide in a church with as many supplies as they can get. The church catches on fire and Johny and Ponyboy become heroes from their bravery to save a few kids. But wait, Johny got hit by a big flank of wood is he parylized or will he die? They are both injured so they go to the hospital to get checked on. The socs and greasers have a rumble for their dead gang members. Is it Johny for the greasers or is it someone else? Both gangs end up realizing it's not worth fighting it doesn't do anything no matter who wins the fight it has no influence on anyone. In my opinion this is a great book that everyone should read.

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Awsome Book

I had to read this book for school and I loved it. Though everyone I know says its a book for teenage girls. It really isnt.

Way it was written 4.5 out of 5

Plot 5 out of 5

Dialouge 3.5 out of five (Its all 60s stuff)

For the people who watched the movie the book is better. The thing about it is that the I wish it could have lasted longer but it didnt.

Great Book

Ya, I am totally in love with this book.
And, ya I know what some people say about all the dangers about it, and how it will influence our kids to do wrong, but I say if your really worried that your kid is the type to copy them then diffentley don't let them watch TV, because believe me parents spongebob can be worse than this book (seriousley have you seen his dance moves?!).
The book really is great, and it's realistic (other than the NEAR fairy tale ending). It doesn't show the 50's maltshop culture where everyone was polite and should be placed in the 'Andy Griffith' show. It shows the real fifties the ones my dad grew up in with gangs and fights. The ones he tells about how notorius he was for the 'tuff kid' because he could take down 3 boys at a time. Personally, I think it sheds a light for America ~it shows even in our glory days, we had problems, and we always will. Yes, I wouldn't let a kid prone to having tantrums and fits read this book because the characters arn't GREAT romodles, but they do learn, and they do show mistakes like the average person~ a step up from 'Nancy Drew' and those 'Fun with Dick and Jane' books.

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Summer reading book

My daughter needed to read this book from her summer reading list and you had it and purchasing it was easy and I recieved it in a timely manner Thank you!!
Janice

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