Young adult novels are fun to read so I read S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders. Published in 1967 it tells the story of teenaged Ponyboy. Ponyboy's parents were killed in an accident so now he lives with his two older brothers. The oldest is 20. Ponyboy is 14. He doesn't want to get into trouble in case he is taken away from his brothers and put into foster care. Ponyboy and his brothers and all of his friends are greasers. Greasers are all from poor families. Sometimes they rumble with the socs (the socials) who have more money and better clothes. One night Ponyboy's friend Johnny kills a soc who was killing Ponyboy by holding his head underwater in a park fountain. Ponyboy and Johnny run away with the help of his older brother's friend. They hide out in a church in the next town. After a week Johnny decides to go back and face his punishment. Before that can happen a fire starts in the church. Ponyboy and Johnny save the lives of four children trapped in the church. Eventually Ponyboy comes to realize that pain is pain no matter if you are a greaser or a soc. This was a very interesting book to read.
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