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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewPraise for The Outsiders
"The Outsiders transformed young-adult fiction from a genre mostly about prom queens, football players and high school crushes to one that portrayed a darker, truer world." —
The New York Times
"Taut with tension, filled with drama." —
The Chicago Tribune
"[A] classic coming-of-age book." —
Philadelphia Daily News
"What it's like to live lonely and unwanted and cornered by circumstance...There is rawness and violence here, but honest hope, too." —
National Observer"This remarkable novel gives a moving, credible view of the outsiders from the inside...we meet powerful characters in a book with a powerful message." —
The Horn Book A
New York Herald Tribune Best Teenage Book
A
Chicago Tribune Book World Spring Book Festival Honor Book
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
Winner of the Massachusetts Children's Book Award
