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Book Reviews of The Outsiders
Book Review: A book that can affect your life
Summary: 5 Stars
The outsiders is a book about two gangs and their rivalry. It presents the friendship and love of the people in the gang. It's unique because it changed the teen books about crushes, prom queens, and cat fights into a truer, darker side of the world.Book Review: A classic you gotta have on your bookshelf.
Summary: 5 Stars
There's not much to say other than it is an excellent book, a must-read for anybody, and something I can read time and time again. S. E. Hinton is a wonderful author, I have also enjoyed Rumble Fish but The Outsiders is a book I will always have close to my heart! Her characters are so real, it's like Ponyboy is there sitting next to you the whole time.Book Review: A great adventure that will scar you forever! By: Emily Cadaver
Summary: 5 Stars
The Outsiders
By: S.E. Hinton
The Outsiders is about a boy named Ponyboy who lives in a town filled with troublesome gangs and parents who do not care for their children. In this wonderful adventure Ponyboy and his good friend Johnny, have to go through in order to stay out of Juvy. In this book there are many characters that often interact with Ponyboy such as, his two brothers, Dally, Johnny (of course) and many others. This type gang that Ponyboy is part of is called: The Greasers. They grease up their nice and greasy so much that it comes out shiny. The Socs, on the other hand, are another type of gang, the rich and spoiled kind of teenagers. They have short hair and wash their hair every day. They think that they are better then everyone and the only way to show their awesomeness is by killing and showing them that they are capable of anything they want to do. So overall this book is extremely outstanding and I am recommending it to all of the good readers out there because I know it will also be one of your favorite books in the world. This book is probably best for children 10 and older and other wise it's probably the best book you will ever read, EVER! It is a FANTASTIC book that you will probably never forget and it is elated but then again a devastating story!
The Outsiders
By: S.E. Hinton
Review by: Emily Cadaver
Book Review: An AMAZING book!
Summary: 5 Stars
I first read 'The Outsiders' nine years ago, and it is still my favorite book to this day! The characters are so well developed and seem so real, it almost feels like you know them! It's about a young, intelligent boy stuck in the "bad" part of town and feeling somewhat like he doesn't belong. The issues this book deals with are true and any teen can relate to. I absolutely urge you to go out and buy this book because it is that wonderful. I have tried unsuccessfully to find a book as spell-binding as the outsiders but to no avail have not. I also urge you to check out the rest of S.E. Hinton's novels such as "Tex" and "Rumble Fish". She is an amazing writer, my favorite to be honest, and the only flaw I can find in her is that she hasn't written enough books! I strongly urge you to read the outsiders because trust me, you will love it!Book Review: Angieville: THE OUTSIDERS
Summary: 5 Stars
I read THE OUTSIDERS for the first time when I was a teen myself, just a little bit younger than Ponyboy and Johnny. This book had a huge impact on me at that age. I fell so deeply in love with Hinton's simple, vivid writing style. Never had teenagers like me felt so real and present on the page. I couldn't stop telling my mom about it and how good it was and why. I'm sure she still remembers those nights. It is an oft-challenged book, unfortunately, and thinking about it now, I would have been devastated if someone had told me I couldn't read it or had come and taken it out of my library. I can't imagine not having read it then and I have read it so many times since. It's truly a classic and deserves the praise it's gotten over the years.
Ponyboy Curtis is a Greaser. He lives on the wrong side of town. He acts tough, dresses tough, and lets his hair grow long to look tough. He lives with his two older brothers, Darry and Sodapop, and they barely make ends meet. Darry and Soda work hard to support themselves and let Ponyboy stay in school so that at least one person in the family can graduate high school. Pony's best friend is a sad boy named Johnny Cade who's been beaten around one too many times and spends a lot of time looking over his shoulder, anticipating the next blow. The only family these boys have are each other. Pony, his brothers, and their motley group of Greaser friends watch each other's backs and defend each other when necessary. Particularly when the Socs (rich kids from the other side of town) come looking for trouble. Dangerous Dally, funny Two-bit, somber Steve. Through Ponyboy's eyes we catch a brief, eloquent glimpse into the life of a group of teenagers the world seems to have forgotten, who take life's knocks on the chin and somehow keep going.
I picked a small, worn copy of THE OUTSIDERS up off the shelf of a tiny used bookstore in Texas and took it home with me because I felt like the kids on the cover might be worth knowing. How right I was. This story of small-town prejudice and class warfare set in the 1960s has never really aged. The first time I cracked it open I was immediately enchanted by the magical language these kids seemed to speak, a language full of "greasers" and "Socs," "savvys" and "tuffs." I couldn't tear my eyes away. It is a coming of age story and a commentary on the dangers of going through life with blinders on, of judging people who are different from you before you know them. Of not wanting or caring to know them. Every character in this story is backed up against the wall, struggling to survive, and I cried more than once at the injustice of it all. And yet, when you come to the end, you feel the indomitableness of hope, the possibility of change, and the beauty of the human spirit. THE OUTSIDERS has been challenged several times on the grounds that it includes rough language, violence, references to cigarettes, alcohol, and for depicting broken families. And we would never want young adults to know that such things exist or, heaven forbid, that they may encounter them in their own lives. *eye roll* I get so angry when I hear hogwash like that. Never mind that it's beautiful, and real, and good. That it will teach its readers about how to treat their fellow human beings, how hatred and fear do nothing but destroy, and how the sunset looks the same no matter which side of the tracks you're from. That's the kind of book I want to read. That's the kind of book I want my children to read. And no one is allowed to tell me no.