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The Outsiders

               The Outsiders is a book written about two different street gangs who ruled the streets in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It’s written in the point of view of one member’s named Ponyboy. He had two older siblings who were kind of the Greaser’s leaders (Greaser is one of the gangs). One night he and his friend went out to a movie when they found one of the Socs (socs the other gang) girlfriends. After the movie while walking with her they ran into some of the Socs who threatened Pony with knifes. The girl told him to run. After that he and his friend slept in the park woken up by some Socs, scared to death they started to run… Then everything went wrong.

               This book was written by S.E Hilton who wrote this book out of frustration because her friend was caught in between those two gangs. It was a really intriguing novel, even though I was forced to read it. I would recommend it 100%. There was also a follow up to it, and they made a movie. It is a little detailed with the common violence in this book. I would say that anyone 12 and up to read it.