
The Outsiders
Reader Score
87%
87% of readers
recommend this book
"Taut with tension, filled with drama . . ." -- The Chicago Tribune
Book Details
- Publisher: Puffin Books
- Publish Date: Sep 1st, 1988
- Pages: 224
- Language: English
- Dimensions: 7.50in - 4.20in - 0.70in - 0.42lb
- EAN: 9780140385724
- Recommended age: 12-UP
- Categories: • Classics• Social Themes - Violence• Family - Siblings
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Praise for this book
"The Outsiders transformed young-adult fiction from a genre mostly about prom queens, football players and high school crushes to one that portrayed a darker, truer world." --The New York Times
"Taut with tension, filled with drama." --The Chicago Tribune
"[A] classic coming-of-age book." --Philadelphia Daily News
"What it's like to live lonely and unwanted and cornered by circumstance...There is rawness and violence here, but honest hope, too." --National Observer
"This remarkable novel gives a moving, credible view of the outsiders from the inside...we meet powerful characters in a book with a powerful message." --The Horn Book
A New York Herald Tribune Best Teenage Book
A Chicago Tribune Book World Spring Book Festival Honor Book
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
Winner of the Massachusetts Children's Book Award