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Reader reviewed by Dede

14 year old Ponyboy and his brothers, Darry and Sodapop, are living together after the death of their parents. Darry is the oldest so becomes the parental figure and gives up his football dreams to get a job to keep them all together. Along with their friends, Johnny and Dally mostly, they are a band that the high class "Socs" call "Greasers." This book takes a look at the different classes of people in a town and how there assumptions of eachother can be mistaken. Johnny and Ponyboy are the main players in this book. The Socs go around beating up the Greasers, particularly if they can catch one of them alone. There are rumbles that are just a part of the life for the Greasers. When the Socs get upset at Johnny and Pony for talking to their girls, they catch them alone one night and start physically fighting. Johnny shoots one of the Socs and kills him, so Johnny and Ponyboy go on the run. What follows is a story of who people are regardless of what people choose to label them. This story is very touching and an inside look into people, what makes them tick, and their love for eachother.