The Outsiders

Author: S.E. Hinton
Copyright: 1967
Genre: Realistic fiction
# of pages: 264
Rating: 9/10
Reviewer: Cassie
SPOILER ALERT

The Outsiders was about Ponyboy, a 14-year- old gang member who runs away from home with his fellow gang member, Johnny, after a warring gang takes things too far one night. Their panicked trip takes them to an abandoned church where they stay for a while. After a few weeks, another gang member named Dally shows up to check on them, and after some discussion, Ponyboy and Johnny decide to turn themselves in as runaways. On their way back home, they see that the church has caught on fire and that there are children inside. Johnny, Dally, and Ponyboy go in and save all the kids, but a falling beam hits Johnny on the way out. He is injured and goes to the hospital, where policemen tell them that because they saved the children, they are free of all charges. Unfortunately, their happiness for their amnesty is short lived, but you're going to have to read the book to find out why.