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  • The Outsiders

  • By: S. E. Hinton
  • Narrated by: Jim Fyfe
  • Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (9,431 ratings)

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The Outsiders

By: S. E. Hinton
Narrated by: Jim Fyfe
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Publisher's summary

Ponyboy can count on his brothers. And on his friends. But not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids whose idea of a good time is beating up "greasers" like Ponyboy. At least he knows what to expect, until the night someone takes things too far.

©1967 S.E. Hinton (P)1988 Random House, Inc. Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group

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"Taut with tension, filled with drama." (Chicago Tribune)

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Great "classic" story

What a great story. Stories should be told and passed down through generations. This is one of those that every human in any country in any language can relate to. Hinton tells this story very well. It's about growing up and dealing with some of the problems we all had.
This book should be on the "must read" list for every young person in our country.

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A Classic!

A great movie and a great audio book as well. Loved the story and I especially loved the narrator as well. Two thumbs up and highly recommended to all who is or once was a teenager!

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Good book for teens

My daughter suggested this book after she read it for a class. I can definitely see why she liked it so much. it's a good story of teenage struggles and learning about themselves.

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I love this book!!

It was very suspenseful in a good way and I longed to find out what happened.

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So much better

This book holds up. Read it again and then watched the movie if you do that you get so much more! out of the movie what a great book

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One of my favorite books

This is a great book. The narrator did a great job. This book was well written.

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Awesome

Loved it. Was one of my favorite movies. I was glad to here the full story.

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My children hood favorite!

this book just stuck with me since I was in 6th grade I love it

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loved this book was amazing.

I loved it it was hard to finish over all was a book I actually sat down and read loved it

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Starts Out Slow

The book wasn't very interesting at first but if you keep reading then you get pulled into the story and can't stop reading!

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