The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel and the first book written by S.E. Hinton, published in 1967. At the age of 15 she started writing the novel while attending Roger’s, and had it published when she was 18. In 1983, a film adaptation of the novel was released, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Ponyboy, the youngest member of a small gang of Greasers, is leaving a movie theater when a group of Socs jump him. His gang, including his older brothers Darrel (who is the de facto leader of…
