The Outsiders

S.E. Hinton

pages: 156

This story takes place in a small town that has different types of social classes within it. Later in the story the main characters go to a town out in the country called Windrixville.

Ponyboy has light brown, almost red hair and greenish gray eyes. His hair is longer than most boys hair. It's squared off in the back and long on the front and sides. He and his brothers, Soda and Darry, are in a gang with other kids named Two-Bit, Dally, Steve Randle, and Johnny, who is Ponyboy's best friend. All the boys look basically the same but their eyes are all different. They are all cald Greasers by their rival gang who are the Socs, they are the rich people.

Ponyboy, Dally, and Johnny went to the movies and they met some girls. But then Dally left and Two-Bit came. After the movie they were taking the girls home when their drunk boyfriends passed by in the car and took them home the rest of the way. Two-Bit dropped off Ponyboy and Johnny at the park so they could look at the stars. Then the girls drunk boyfriends were back with four of their friends. They grabed ponyboy and dunked him in the water and he was just about to die when the Socs ran off. They ran off because Johnny killed one of them.

They go find Dally at a party and he gives them 50 dollars and tells them to take the next train to Windrixville. He says there is an old abandoned church up on a hill buy a weeks amount of food and stay there and he will be up there in five days to check on them. Once upi there they cut their hair and dyed it so the police wouldn't know who they were.

To kind out what happens to Johnny, Ponyboy and the rest of the gang you have tyo read the rest of the book. This a no-stop thrill book! THis tells people about what everyday teenagers go through in the daily life. It makes you realize how lucky you really are to have parents that care about you. I recommend this book to anyone who likes an exciting book.

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