The Outsiders

by S.E. Hinton
Review by Zoe Jardine, grade 9

The Outsiders is a pretty good book.  It is about a boy named Ponyboy.  The book is set in the 1950s.  Ponyboy's parents died so now his bothers, Darry and Sodapop, take care of him.  He also has his gang, "The Greasers."  He has a pretty rough life.  The "Socs" are out to get the "Greasers", like Ponyboy.  When he and his friend Johnny get into some serious trouble, they have to run or face getting the electric chair.  The only one that knows where they are is the baddest of the bad: Dally.  Soon they find themselves in way over their heads.