50 years of an iconic classic! This international bestseller and inspiration for a beloved movie is definitely a heroic tale of companionship and belonging.

No one ever said lifestyle was easy. But Ponyboy is definitely pretty sure that he’s got points figured out. He knows that he can count on his brothers, Darry and Sodapop. And he knows that he can count on his friends-true close friends who would perform anything for him, like Johnny and Two-Bit. But not on very much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang about The Outsiders of wealthy kids whose idea of a good time is beating through to “greasers” like Ponyboy. At least he knows what to expect-until the night someone takes stuff too far.

The Outsiders is normally a dramatic and enduring work of fiction that laid the groundwork for the YA genre. S. E. Hinton’s classic story of the boy who finds himself over the outskirts of regular society remains as effective today as it was the day it was first published.

‘The Outsiders changed young-adult fiction from a genre mostly about prom queens, football players and senior high school crushes to 1 that portrayed a darker, truer world.’ -The New York Times