num_pages: 92
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. (Lernmaterialien)
characters: Ponyboy Curtis, Tim Shepard, Dallas "Dally" Winston, Darrel "Darry" Curtis, Johnny Cade, Sodapop Curtis, Steve Randle, Keith "Two-Bit" Matthews, Sherri "Cherry" Valance, Curly Shepard
genres: Young Adult, Classics, School, Childrens, Coming Of Age, Historical Fiction, Read For School, Fiction, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 1265460
places: Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards
category: Secondary , awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Klett