The Outsiders
First published 1967
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According to Ponyboy, there are two kinds of people in the world: greasers and socs. A soc (short for "social") has money, can get away with just about anything, and has an attitude longer than a limousine. A greaser, on the other hand, always lives on the outside and needs to watch his back.
Ponyboy is a greaser, and he's always been proud of it, even willing to rumble against a gang of socs for the sake of his fellow greasers--until one terrible night when his friend Johnny kills a soc.
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The murder gets under Ponyboy's skin, causing his world to crumble and teaching him that pain feels the same whether a soc or a greaser.
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[1]: http://www.sehinton.com/books/
Source: Open Library
Book information
- Author
- S. E. Hinton
- First published
- 1967
- Publisher
- Viking Juvenile
- ISBN-13
- 9780670062515