Pub Date: September 1, 1988
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 67013606
Lexile Code: 0750
Features: Bibliography, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 12 to UP
Physical Info: 0.70" H x 7.50" L x 4.20" W ( 0.42 lbs) 224 pages
BISAC Categories:
Young Adult Fiction | Classics | Social Themes | Violence | Family | Siblings
Description: When it was first published in 1967, "The Outsiders" defied convention with its immediate, deeply sympathetic portrayal of Ponyboy and his struggle to find a place for himself in a difficult world.
Review Quotes: 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 cornered by circumstance...There is rawness and violence here, but honest hope, too." --National Observer "This remarkable novel gives a moving, credible view of the outsiders from the inside...we meet powerful characters in a book with a powerful message." --The Horn Book A New York Herald Tribune Best Teenage Book