num_pages: 171
description: The Outsiders is about two weeks in the life of a 14-year-old boy. The novel tells the story of Ponyboy Curtis and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider. According to Ponyboy, there are two kinds of people in the 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. The murder gets under Ponyboy's skin, causing his bifurcated world to crumble and teaching him that pain feels the same whether a soc or a greaser.
language: English
title: The Outsiders
titlecomplete: The Outsiders
characters: Dallas "Dally" Winston, Sodapop Curtis, Ponyboy Curtis, Steve Randle, Sherri "Cherry" Valance, Keith "Two-Bit" Matthews, Curly Shepard, Tim Shepard, Johnny Cade, Darrel "Darry" Curtis
genres: Fiction, Coming Of Age, School, Young Adult, Read For School, Classics, Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, Childrens, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 1265287
places: Oklahoma, Tulsa, Oklahoma
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards
category: Secondary , awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Puffin Books