1. The Outsiders
GEORGE WHITEHEAD
B O O K R E P O RT ( S H O RT )
ENGLISH 10D
B AVA R I A N I N T E R N AT I O N A L S C H O O L
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2. Publisher Information
 Publisher: Puffin Classic
 City of Publication: London
 Year of Publication: 2007
 Book Length: 218
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3. The Author
 S.E Hinton, an American
novelist and she is the author
of The Outsiders.
 Martel was inspired to write
the Novel The Outsiders
because she wanted to take
out her anger about when her
friend was beaten up by one
of the gangs in her high
school because they didn’t
like the way she “combed
her hair.”
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4. Genre
 The Outsiders is a work of
fiction.
 The novel can be classified
as an adventure gang novel.
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5. Main Characters
 Poneyboy, who is 14 and his
two brothers Darry, who is
20 and Sodapop, who is 16.
Their Parents have died in a
car crash and Darry is acting
guardian of his two brothers.
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6. Setting
 Time: The story begins in the
mid 1960s.
 Place: Tulsa, Oklahoma
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7. Book Summary
 Poneyboy and his friend
Johnny are used to getting
jumped by Socs’ and they
know what to expect that
their brothers and other gang
members when one day
things are taken too far.
 Two major themes that
emerge throughout the novel
are the different and, more
importantly, the similarities
between the rich and poor.
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8. Rating
 The Outsiders is one of the
most interesting and thought
provoking novels that I have
ever red.
 If you are looking for a
novel that is full of
adventure, and an interesting
social commentary.
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 I give this novel “four and a
half stars.”