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The Outsiders
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by S E Hinton
Price: US $ 16.99
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. More than 30 years later, it speaks to teenagers as powerfully as ever.
According to Ponyboy, there are two kinds of people in the world: greasers (流氓，阿飞) and socs. A soc (short for "social") has money and can get along with just about anything. A greaser, on the other hand, seems always in trouble.
Ponyboy is 14, tough and confused, yet sensitive behind his bold front. Since his parents' death, his loyalties have been transferred to his brothers and his gang, the rough, swinging, long-haired boys from the wrong side of the tracks.
Ponyboy is a greaser, and he's always been proud of it, even willing to rumble (打群架) against a gang of socs for the sake of his fellow greasers -- until one terrible night when his best friend Johnny kills a member of a rival gang.
A nightmare of violence begins and swiftly envelops Ponyboy in a turbulent chain of events. The murder also causes his bifurcated (分化的) world to crumble (崩溃) and teaches him that pain feels the same whether a soc or a greaser.
This classic, written by S E Hinton when she was 16 years old, is as profound today as it was when it was first published.
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
Taut with tension, filled with drama -- The Chicago Tribune
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