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The Outsiders

Published
Jan 1967
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General Fiction General Fiction
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188

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First published by Viking in 1967, The Outsiders immediately resonated with young adults. This groundbreaking novel was like nothing else out there?

it was honest and gritty, and was a deeply sympathetic portrayal of Ponyboy, a young man who finds himself on the outside of regular society. Forty years later, with over thirteen million copies sold, the story is as fresh and powerful to teenagers today as it ever was.

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Oct 1968 Random House ISBN13 9780440967699 ISBN10 0440967694
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