The Outsiders
by Jodi Picoult, S. E. Hinton and Jim Fyfe
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According to Ponyboy, there are two kinds of people in the world: 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 world to crumble and teaching him that pain feels the same whether a soc or a greaser.
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Bibliographic source: Open Library- Who wrote The Outsiders?
The Outsiders is by S. E. Hinton, Jim Fyfe, Jodi Picoult. The catalogue records its first publication in 1979. A later edition may have a different publication date on its copyright page.
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The catalogue records 192 pages for a representative edition. Pagination varies with the publisher, format, type size and translation, so check the edition you intend to read.
