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The Outsiders. (novel) The Outsiders is a novel by S. E. Hinton, first published in 1967 by Viking Press. Hinton was 15 when she began writing the novel [1] and 17 when it was published. The Outsiders is the life story of fourteen-year-old Ponyboy Michael Curtis. Hinton explores many themes in the story, such as friendship, and coming of age.
A list of all the characters in The Outsiders. The Outsiders characters include: Ponyboy Curtis , Johnny Cade , Cherry Valance , Sodapop Curtis, Darry Curtis, Dallas "Dally" Winston.
The Outsiders tells the story of two groups of teenagers whose bitter rivalry stems from socioeconomic differences. However, Hinton suggests, these differences in social class do not necessarily make natural enemies of the two groups, and the greasers and Socs share some things in common. Cherry Valance, a Soc, and Ponyboy Curtis, a greaser ...
Praise for The Outsiders " The Outsiders 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." — The New York Times "Taut with tension, filled with drama." — The Chicago Tribune "[A] classic coming-of-age book." — Philadelphia Daily News "What it's like to live lonely and unwanted and ...
S. E. Hinton on the book. The Outsiders is definitely my best selling book; but what I like most about it is how it has taught a lot of kids to ... New York Herald Tribune Best Teenage Books List, 1967; Chicago Tribune Book World Spring Book Festival Honor Book, 1967; Media and Methods Maxi Award, 1975; ALA Best Young Adult Books, 1975;
Author of multiple books. Degree from University Of Nigeria, Nsukka. ‘ The Outsiders ‘ is a youth novel by S. E. Hinton published in 1967. Ponyboy Curtis and his gang of greasers regularly fight with another gang, the upper-class Socs. Ponyboy learns valuable lessons about family, unity, friendship, and goodness and is affiliated with a ...
Career. While still in her teens, Hinton became a household name as the author of The Outsiders, her first and most popular novel, set in Oklahoma in the 1960s.She began writing it in 1965. The book was inspired by two rival gangs at her school, Will Rogers High School, the Greasers and the Socs, and her desire to empathize with the Greasers by writing from their point of view.
