The Outsiders

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Summary: Nothing short of a classic!
Review: I was assigned to read this book last year in school. Usually I don't like the books I am required to read, but this was excellent. It was writted by a teenager and really shows what it's like to be growing up. Although the book was published over 30 years ago, it still captures young audiences and I would recommend this to any teenager.

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Summary: THE OUTSIDERS.............the best book EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I think 'The Outsiders' was a great book!! It taught people that like 'Greasers' and 'Socs' (soshes) no matter if you have money or are more popular everyone should always be treated equally. 'The Outsiders' had many different emotions including shock when Johnny killed Randy or happiness when Ponyboy met Cherry Valance. 'The Outsiders' was a very touching story. This book was well written and was really just fantastic!!! Although there is a murder in the book it shows there's a little hero in all of us just like Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny, or Dallas Winston! I think that a moral in this story that PROBABLY WASN'T intended was that police are bad' because they shot Dallas without even giving him a chance to explain. But you should still trust a police officer when your in trouble. If you haven't read 'The Outsiders' yet, I suggest that you do!!! Well what are you waiting for? Go read The Outsiders!!!! Thanks for reading my review and I hope you'll read this wonderful book 'The Outsiders' !!!!!!

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Summary: Ponyboy endures pain while growing up as a greaser.
Review: Ponyboy is a teenager who doesn't know what he wants- except to excape from the slums where he lives. He is a greaser, and his life is made miserable by the rich Socs. He lives with his brothers and his gang. He and his best friend, Johnny, get into trouble while discovering the truth behind the greasers and the Socs.

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Summary: "Classic?" I think not. Still, a good book.
Review: I enjoyed this book, but to call it a "classic" is really blowing it out of proportion. I read this in 8th grade, then two weeks later, I read a REAL classic, Catcher in the Rye. I'd recommend this book, but I wouldn't call it a "classic."

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Summary: A book that is too labeled and out of touch.
Review: THis was just another book trying to create some sort of dilemma that all ready exists. Characters don't create a sense of reality and this book is over all trash. You can make these assumptions without reading this book. It's a waste of time!

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Summary: The best book I have ever read!!!!!!!!!
Review: "The Outsiders" is my favorite book of all time. In my Language Arts class the teacher made us read it. I thought I wasn't going to like it but I loved it!!! I read it all in just one night. Even though I have never experienced what the characters in the book are going through it was incredibly real to me. The characters and situations were real. I can identify with Ponyboy's thoughts in the book. I've read this book about 4 times and I've never gotten tired of it. It was the only book or movie that I cried during. I have the book and the movie and I am contsantly reading it or watching it. This is a really great book and S.E. Hinton is a wonderful writer. All her other books are great too, but my favorite is and always will be, "The Outsiders".

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Summary: Excellent!!!
Review: Outsiders was one of the best books I have ever read!!! It is very politically correct!!!!! I love S.E. Hinton!!!

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Summary: A Must Read
Review: The Outsiders is a of story of a teenage love affair forbidden by society, and encompassed by the rules of local gangs. This book will most definitely hold your interest. Johnny and Ponyboy are characters you will grow fond of, and there will be characters you will dislike. Of course there is conflict, romance, and violence. Pickup the book you will not want to sit it down.

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Summary: I thought that this book was extraordinary!
Review: Although I don't live in any situations like PonyBoy did, it was so real and I thought for a second I was living there. To be able to write a book like this when she was 16 and in a male dominated society I believe she's one of the best authors. Hinton produced a book of this caliber in 1967, I think that says alot of what she's capable of. I just can't wait to read her other books.

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Summary: The Outsiders has changed my life
Review: I just got finished reading The Outsiders, and it is a great book it can relate to most teenagers lives, only set in the past. Ever sense i got to the middle of the book, I have realized how diferent us teenagers can be, I hang with the greaser-like croud:not the best kids but we get along, and all of the soc-like kids-prepies,jocks: dont like me and my friends because were diferent.