The Outsiders

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Summary: Okay Book
Review: This is an okay book. It kind of leaves you hanging at the end of the chapter, but thats about all. It talks alot about these poor kids, that smoke pot, and do other illeagal activities. These kids in the book, do not set a good example for the teenagers that are reading it. For the most part I really thought it was a three star: Not great, but not that bad. (c) 2001

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Summary: The Outsiders
Review: I first read 'The Outsiders' at age twelve. Six years on, its still, without a shadow of a doubt, my favourite novel. I can't particulary relate to any of the main characters situations but they are so craftily developed that you end up feeling strangely atteched to some of them. Dally and Johnny are particularly enrapturing and as the novel unfolds you discover insights into their personalities that have been cleverly woven in. Loyalty, frienship and the lengths some people will go to maintain these bonds are the main issues examined in this book. Some of the reasons for the divide between the social classes are also carefully examined and S. E. Hinton gives this complicated issue a realistic conclusion-people from different social classes don't always get along and that will never change. The main character, Ponyboy, is the narrator and the book follows his inward struggle to accept who he is and shows how he deals with three particularly difficult situations which can either be the breaking or making of his life. The fact that the author was sixteen when she wrote this book perhaps explains how accurately she managed to capture the teenage characters intensity, arrogance, innocence and vunerability. Read it.

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Review: This book was really good. It taught me a real good lesson. It showed how two different groups of people handle life. It relates to the "real world," and how people live it. The plot of the book was really interesting. It also showed me how a young person can handle the event of life like death, love, and wealth. This book was great and I recommend it to anyone, especially young people.

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Review: I loved the book The Outsiders! it was a good book showing how the two kinds of people handled life. We all know it is hard for people who are poor and can't have good clothes and money like the rich people. Well this book taught me a real good lesson.

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Summary: THE OUTSIDERS
Review: The book the Outsiders was a very well written book by S.E. Hinton. I believe that this book was the best she wrote. There was even a movie made after it. I would give this book 5 stars, but you have to be able to understand what she is writing about. This type of stuff really does happen. Two friends Johnny and Ponyboy find themselves in some tight situations throughout this story until the major conflict that ends up making the story what it really is. If you are a person who gets into mischief then this is defiantly is a book that you want to read.

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Review: I read The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton because my English teacher recommended it as an engaging novel. In the beginning, it was difficult to understand what was going on because S.E Hinton uses a lot of old slang. Also I don't know much about the American teenagers, especially from the 1960's. During the first two pages, I was opening the dictionary all the time, but by the third chapter, I felt as if I learnt a new language. I also realized that I really related to the characters. Ponyboy and his friends had the same problems as we have as teenagers now-a-days everywhere in the world. The book is honest because the author is a teenager who knows what the life is like. It's more truthful than when an adult writes about their teenage life.

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Summary: THE OUTSIDERS
Review: I liked this book alot. It had alot to say about how people treat each other and what people go through that you never really think about. I heard that S.E. Hinton was fifteen when she wrote this book. Man thats crazy. I'd never think someone that young could write a book this deep, and how she could make up some of these really vivid characters like Ponyboy, Johnny, Darry, Soda, and Dally. How Hinton made the characters come alive and how she made me think I actually knew Pony, that was just.... I can't really explain it. The characters and plot developement were instilled with a sense of pride that was almost inspiring.

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Summary: Good Book Mister Tom
Review: This a wonderful book about a heartwarming young boy that got beaten by his mother and his mother sends him away becase she can't afford to take care of him during the war

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Summary: Must Read!
Review: I read this book in yr 9 english, and i loved it! When i saw the cover it didnt really intrest me, but i started to read it and i got pulled in by the exciting happenings, i couldnt put it down! As soon as i started to read it, it made me feel as if i was part of the book, i felt as if i really related to the characters, i liked it so much the next day i went out and hired the video! At first it made me cry, when .... And i highly recomend it to any reader, any age, its a great book!

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Summary: A Wonderful Story For All Ages!
Review: I have read The Outsiders over a thousand times, literally. I first discovered this book six years ago, when I was ten years old and fell in love with it. It is such a gripping book with beautiful characters and you can just feel what they're going through. You just get so wrapped up in their lives and what's going on with them that you can't put the book down. It's my favorite book of all time and probably still will be my number one favorite when I am 102. I still get a thrill when I hear the name Ponyboy or Dally or Two-bit. It's just the best book in the world and I promise that you'll love it.