The outsiders

The Outsiders
by: S.E Hinton

This book is Ponyboy' s story. A story is about a smart "wimp" who is part of the greaser gang. When he and his friend Johnny get jumped by the Socs a rivial gang he kills Bob in self-defense. This causes ponyboy to start thinking diffrently about his life and the pressures at home start getting to him. Can Ponyboy handle seeing people die on top of the trouble at home. I can't tell you any more with out giving away this fast paced book.

I should warn you that Bob is not the only person the died in this book, and it is not for the weak of heart. Still it is a great book with a great meaning. It brings you in side the story of a gang, and how a few friends can be closer then family. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and had trouble putting it down!
-Word smith

This book is awsome for kids of all ages to read as long as their at least in grade 8. S.E. Hintion did a much better job than one of his other books: That was then, This is now. The action was so good both me and Word Smith had trubble putting it down despite the fact that this was a book that we had to read with ther rest of the class. I would recemend reading this book even if it isn't for school work if you already havent read it.
-Book Worm

For more on this book go to http://www.gradeeightoutsiders.blogspot.com , but it may give some thing away if you read too much.

That was then, This is now

That was Then, This is Now
Auther: S.E. Hintin

This book was written by the same author who wrote The Outsiders. It is about a boy named Bryon who is a pool huslure and runs with the wrong crowd. It has some of the old characters from The Outsiders such as the shepperd gang and Ponyboy, Curtis. Although they aren't talked about alot though. Bryon faces a problem when he finds himself growing up and changing while his closest friend Mark wants to stay the same. It deals not so much with gangs this time but has to do with more Bryon's personal life.

I personally think that the book was good in the beginning. But as I read the book I found the the book got worse not better. There was no real plotline (not much was happening), until the end and that got resolved within the next 40 pages. Yes the book did give a really good discription of Bryon and his feelings, but there wasn't enough action to keep me interested for more than 10 pages. It took me 5 days to read this book and it wa only 158 pages. So if you know me that really says somthing because i usually read at least 50 pages an hour if the book is good. Personally i think he did a better job with the Outsiders. and should have used a little more action.
-Book Worm