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  • Bibliography:
    12 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1967
  • Latest Book:
    June 2012
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Book List in Order: 12 titles



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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...



  • Another classic from the author of the internationally bestselling The OutsidersContinue celebrating 50 years of The Outsiders by reading this companion novel. That Was Then, This is Now is S. E. Hinton's moving portrait of the bond be...



  • Rusty-James is the number one tough guy among the junior high kids who hang out and shoot pool at Benny's, and he enjoys keeping up his reputation. What he wants most of all is to be just like his older brother, the Motorcycle Boy. He wants to stay c...



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    Easygoing, direct, and reckless, Tex at fifteen likes everyone and everything, especially his horse, Negrito and Johnny Collins’s blue-eyed sister, Jamie. Tex thinks life with his seventeen-year-old brother, Mason, in their ramshackle house would b...



  • “A powerful story” of a boy leaving the city streets for a summer at a horse farm -- and discovering the possibility of a different life(Kirkus Reviews).  An ALA Best Book for Young AdultsAn ALA Quick Pick   With an absent mother and a ...



  • The acclaimed young adult novelist focuses on young readers in a delightful story about a playful battle of wits between Nick and his father, David, when Nick discovers a boy named David in his class....





  • Nick and his parents get more than they bargained for when their newly adopted puppy, Aleasha, decides she'll have more fun with her new "family" if she becomes human, too. So begins a laugh-out-loud adventure told from Aleasha's point of view, about...



  • An orphan and a bastard, Jamie grew up tough enough handle almost anything. He survived foreign prisons, smugglers, pirates, gunrunners, and shark attacks. But what he finds in the quiet town of Hawkes Harbor, Delaware, was enough to drive him almost...






  • From the author of The Outsiders: “Immediate and gripping” tales of two boys whose lives diverge in dramatic ways after a shared childhood tragedy (School Library Journal).   Terry and Mike were cousins who were as close as cousins could be ...





  • Based on one of S. E. Hinton's popular titles, Taming of the Star Runner follows the story of Travis, who is the epitome of cool even when he's in trouble. But when he's sent to stay with his uncle on a ranch in the country, he finds that his schoolm...


Award-Winning Books by S.E. Hinton

The Outsiders
1985 Virginia Readers Choice Award -- High School


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

S.E. Hinton has published 12 books.

S.E. Hinton does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, S. E. Hinton's Taming of the Star Runner: Graphic Novel, was published in June 2012.

The first book by S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders, was published in January 1967.

No. S.E. Hinton does not write books in series.