The release date for the English version of 'The Outsiders' by
S.E. Hinton is Sep 1997. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
A 14-year-old boy's life is shown in The Outsiders for about two weeks. The narrative of the book centers on Ponyboy Curtis and his battles with morality in a world where he feels alienated. Ponyboy claims that there are two types of individuals in the world: socs and greasers. A "social" (short for "soc") is wealthy, has an attitude that lasts longer than a limousine, and can get away with almost anything. Conversely, a greaser must always keep an eye on his back and lives on the periphery. Ponyboy had always been happy to be a greaser and was even prepared to fight a group of socs for the sake of his fellow greasers. when is, until the awful night when his comrade Johnny murders a soc. Ponyboy's world becomes shattered after the murder, revealing to him that suffering affects everyone equally—whether they are greasers or socs.
Librarian's note: This item relates to one of the three versions with the ISBN 0-140-38572-X / 978-0-14-038572-4 that were released with distinct covers. The 1988 cover (this record), the 1995 cover, and the 2008 cover—which is also the one that is now in print—are the covers for which the recordings exist.