... & Methods Maxi Award in 1975. Both books were selected as Honor Books in the Chicago Tribune Book World's Children's Spring Book Festival. Hinton enjoyed reading books as an adolescent, but was dismayed to find only a small segment of a teen-ager's life depicted in literature. To ... remedy this oversight, the young author began to write about teens in a setting she felt would be familiar to her contemporaries. Ms Hinton's The Outsiders was loosely based on a gang-oriented life- style of her fellow high school classmates. In reviewing the book, a critic for ... commented: "Can sincerit...

• Word Count: 1477
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... great idea. I was sleepy and freezing to death and I wanted to be home in bed, safe and warm under the covers with Soda's arm across me" (Hinton, 52). This quote shows how Ponyboy was always thinking, thinking if he was doing the right thing and knowing what was good for him and what was not ... out; he wanted everyone to think he was so tough. "On the fifth day I had read up to Sherman's siege of Atlanta in Gone with the Wind." (Hinton, 79) Ponyboy was a smart teenager. He really concentrated on his studies but would never try hard in school because he was a greaser, and greasers weren'...

• Word Count: 1365
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... sheep found wandering on rural roads without clear direction or purpose. They band together for protection and view all outsiders as either below them, or a threat. In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton the Greasers strive to be part of this society but instead always seem to be on the bottom end of the ladder. The Socs, who are a wealthier gang are part ... ...

• Word Count: 1564
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School