The Outsiders

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Summary: Almost 30 years later, still a great book.
Review: I first read this book in 1969, when I was in 9th grade. It was not assigned reading, I just saw it in the library and it looked interesting. I just fell in love with all the characters and I must have read the book literally a hundred times. This book led me to discover the poetry of Robert Frost and to this day I can recite "Nothing Gold Can Stay." I was hugely disappointed by the movie as I had my own ideas of what the characters looked like (and only Patrick Swayze as Darry came close), but the book never fails to remind me now of the intensity and purity of my feelings as a young teenager or how far I have come from my old neighborhood which was a great deal like Ponyboy's.

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Summary: This was a great book!!!
Review: This is the best book I have ever read. I read it in seventh grade as a school assignment. Since then I have read it two time and want to read it again. My brother and some of my classmates also loved this book. READ THIS BOOK. You will love it.

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Summary: Best book ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I was recently at a friend's house, and we were watching the movie, The Outsiders. I cried sooo hard that I had to read the book. I usually think books about gangs are stupid, but not this one- it was better than the movie, and about twice as sad! I am working on his other books, and they are good, but I don't think there will ever be a book quite like this one.

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Summary: This book was great.
Review: The Outsiders is a great book that people of all ages can enjoy. Young people can relate to the different characters and older people can relate to the setting of the story. This book along with the movie are works of art. Everyone should read this book.

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Summary: A GREAT BOOK FOR ALL AND I LOVED IT
Review: THIS BOOK IS A GREAT BOOK FOR ANYONE WHO CAN READ IT BECAUSE IT EXPRESSES GOOD MORALS IN AN INTERESTING AND MIND GRIPPING WAY. I REALLY ENJOYED THIS BOOK AND WOULD RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ANYONE WHO ENJOYS READING ABOUT REAL LIFE EVENTS.

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Summary: This was a very inspireing book.
Review: The outsiders is a book i recommend to everybody. It tells about gang rivalry in the 1960's. this book is about a group of boys who prove the true meaning of friendship,brotherhood and a special kiship in which two friends show and prove to each other during a short period of time. It shows what life was like for childeran living in the poorer part of town,and trying to survive and overcome tragady, death, and anger. This is a book i recommend to children 11- any age.

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Summary: It gets 1 whole star because there isn't a 0 option
Review: This book was perhaps the worst I've ever read. I don't understand why so many people can actually enjoy it. When I was heartlessly forced to read it in school (funny that, school, you'd think that in school they wouldn't want you to read books that glorify gangsters), many other kids enjoyed it. I HATED it. Perhaps this is because I felt to childish for my tastes. Everybody had a lame nickname, the writing was without merit of any kind, the entire book reaked of kiddieness. For the love of all that you hold sacred, I urge you not to read this book!!!!

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Summary: This was the best book I ever read!!
Review: This book had to be the most tearjerking and the most powerful book I have ever read. The reason this book had to be my favorite is because it was action pack until the last couple of pages when Ponyboy's best friend Johnny died. I would recommend this book to any young teen who has nothing to do and would love a great book.

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Summary: A WONDERFUL BOOK!!!!!!!!
Review: This is quite possibly one of the best books I've ever read-and I've read a lot! I average about 4000-5000 pages a month, about 12-15 or more books. This book has everthing, and is almost perfect, but I do criticize Dallas dying. I don't know why. The book is really good, but the movie.... well, you know how it is. Books are usually better than movies.

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Summary: Phenomenal
Review: This book is so real. S.E. Hinton wrote this so well I felt like I was there. At some points I cried, laughed, or justed stopped to think; there never a dull moment. After reading this book six or seven times in a row my Langauge Arts teacher asked me to "put the book down for awhile and find something new''. Even though I saw the movie the book is still -and always will be- number one.