Inspiration for the 2024 Tony Award Winner for Best Musical!
Celebrate the fortieth anniversary of a classic with this stunning edition, featuring the original cover.
First published by Viking in 1967, The Outsiders immediately resonated with young adults. This groundbreaking novel was like nothing else out there—it was honest and gritty, and was a deeply sympathetic portrayal of Ponyboy, a young man who finds himself on the outside of regular society. Forty years later, with over thirteen million copies sold, the story is as fresh and powerful to teenagers today as it ever was.
This was required reading when I was in Junior High (I think) or maybe my Freshman year of HS. I don't honestly remember, but what I do remember was not loving the story and not understanding everything about it.
Re-reading this as a 31 year old made me wish that I had read this again when I was maybe a little older in HS. I think it would've resonated with me a little more than it did when I first read it (and differently than it made me think now). Obviously, this was a fantastic, but heart wrenching story. I really enjoyed viewing this world and these characters as an adult and would definitely recommend others who'd maybe discovered this stories in their teens to read it again as adults.
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