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Reader reviewed by Jazmine

The Outsiders was about the fourteen year old boy who's name is ponyboy, that lives in the poor side of town and becuase he lives there he is considered a hood becuase they are dirty, and poor. Those kinds of people are called the greasers becuase they like greasy, long hair. The people that live on the rich side of the town and tease and jump the greasers, they are called the socs, short for socials.

His parents died so now his eldest brother Darry, is like a father and is always working. The second older brother is Soda and he works at a garage. Ponyboy's best friend is Johnny who's parents hate him and are always getting drunk so he usually sleeps over at his house.

The story get going when Johnny and Ponyboy are jumped by socs and in defense Johnny pulls a knife out and kills one of the socs and the rest run away. So they go and hide out far away from there. Then a building catches on fire with some kids in it, so Johnny and Ponyboy both go in and save them, but Johnny get hurt real bad and has to go to the hospital. So they're on the paper and everything. All in all, Ponyboy learns that all people are the same and have feelings and hurts like the rest of them.