Ponyboy and his greaser gang fight rival gang the socs short for socials, the wealthier, more preppie kids and try to make a place for themselves in the world. The outsider is a 1956 book by english writer colin wilson through the works and lives of various artists including h. You can publish your book online for free in a few minutes. This book is considered to be a ya classic and it is still read and beloved by readers to this day. I had never read the outsiders before, but id heard of it and ive been meaning to read it for some time. Praise for the outsiders the outsiders transformed youngadult fiction from a genre mostly about prom queens, football players and high school crushes to one that portrayed a darker, truer world. A proud member of the greaser group, protagonist ponyboy faces lessons of loss, pride, and sacrifice through. Wells mind at the end of its tether, franz kafka, albert camus, jeanpaul sartre, t. If all you know of this book is the movie, you really need to grab a copy and discover one of the great stories that transcends generations and eras. The outsiders by photography by vernon dewhurst blurb books. The story focuses around ponyboy, his brothers, and their gang.
Hinton tells the story of 14yearold ponyboy curtis and his struggle with right and wrong in a. I feel that this is something that i would enjoy doing if pursued as a career, so this would be a good competition for me to do for this module. His recent work includes the institute, elevation, the outsider, sleeping beauties cowritten with his son owen king, and the bill hodges trilogy. Susan elouise hinton started this book at the age of 15 as a short story about a boy who gets beaten up on the way home from the movies. The back of a book cover is the perfect place to put this social proof. What are the character traits of the greasers and socs.
The outsiders, first published in 1967, is set in the 1960s and is about the struggles and adolescent boy goes through dealing with what social group he belongs to. There was one rockhard fact, as unassailable as gravity. His east side neighborhood is patrolled by bullying socials, rich kids from the west side of town. The story line is good, but what sparked my interest is how s. Hinton tells the story of 14yearold ponyboy curtis and his struggle with right and wrong in a society in which he is an outsider. Heres part of the blurb for that book, which according to kings official website is out this may. When two poor greasers, johnny, and ponyboy are assaulted by a vicious gang, the socs, and johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events. Blurbs are the second most important selling tool you have for your book, so. Hinton, started writing the book when she was fifteen and was inspired by social divisions in her high school that she saw. Most run several paragraphs, but some publishers want them shorter or in a special format so be sure to check with your publishers guidelines before you begin work. The rivalry between two gangs, the poor greasers and the rich socs, only heats up when one gang member kills a member of the other. Sure, this is a ya novel, but anybody can enjoy the tale s.
The story takes place during the 1960s in oklahoma. Lawrence, vincent van gogh, vaslav nijinsky, george bernard shaw, william blake. There are some swear words in the book, but nothing stronger damn. Fourteenyearold ponyboy curtis is the youngest of three orphaned brothers who live on the north side of town, the wrong side of the tracks.
Click the link below for a good website with detailed howto descriptions. Hintons, the outsiders is a great book for elder kids and young teens to read. We first meet our narrator, fourteenyearold ponyboy, as hes walking home from the moviesalone, which is something we know hes not supposed to be doing. The outsider book by stephen king official publisher page. Here, he has managed to turn a 300page story into a 560page story by leading us on a longwinded wild goose chase while waffling on about almost everything, but somehow, though it seems hard to fathom, i could not put this cracktastic shit down. A wellresearched, finely tuned crimecumlegal case novel forms a good chunk of the book, as detective anderson and the state prosecutor amass their evidence.
A blurb is the book description you find on the back of a book or online to describe a books contents. They also spend more time than you might expect ruminating on how the tightness of a tshirt might enhance the rippling musculature of a steelyeyed fellow gang member this is where stephanie meyer got the idea for. The book details the conflict between two rival gangs divided by their socioeconomic. Find the outsiders by rosilind oconnor at blurb books. I dont understand how this book escaped my reading list for all these years. Blurb create, print, and sell professionalquality photo. Sep 22, 2014 the outsiders, first published in 1967, is set in the 1960s and is about the struggles and adolescent boy goes through dealing with what social group he belongs to. A soc short for social has money, can get away with just about anything, and has an attitude longer than a limousine. Ponyboy michael curtis is the narrator and protagonist of the 1967 novel the outsiders, and its 1983 film adaptation. Find the outsiders by photography by vernon dewhurst at blurb books. The outsiders and adolescent social cultures reading on the. A proud member of the greaser group, protagonist ponyboy faces lessons of. Blurb definition is a short publicity notice as on a book jacket.
Hintonaccording to wikipedia, the outsiders is a comingofage novel by s. The outsider book by stephen king official publisher. They are all members of a greaser gang, meaning they are considered hoods or juvenile delinquents by society. The outsiders by photography by vernon dewhurst blurb. His parents were killed in an automobile accident just eight months before. A blurb is the book description you find on the back of a book or online to describe a book s contents. Hinton, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.
The outsiders is a beautiful and heartbreaking story of 14 year old ponyboy curtis, his two older brothers and their gang, and their struggles to get by, living on the outside. Hintons classic story of a boy who finds himself on the outskirts of regular society remains as powerful today as it was the day it was first published. The outsiders is a book about sensitive teenage boys who alternately get into gang fights, hug one another, and burst into tears. A look inside the closed world of the burmese labour camps in thailand.
Jan 23, 2014 the outsiders book cover illustration this competition appealed to me as it is for creating a book cover for a childrens book. Hinton was 15 when she started writing the novel, butdid most of the work when she was sixteen and a junior in high school. The new york times taut with tension, filled with drama. Ponyboy curtis, a teenaged member of a loose gang of greasers, is leaving a movie theater when he is jumped by socs, the greasers rival gang. Hinton was 15 when she started writing the novel but did most of the work when she was 16 and a junior in high school. What is the inspiration behind the book the outsiders. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Other than being financially and socially disadvantaged. The outsiders is narrated by a fourteenyearold called ponyboy curtis weird name, but a cool kid. The outsiders by photography by vernon dewhurst blurb books uk.
The outsiders is about two clashing groups of teenagers, the greasers and the socs. The book details the conflict between two rival gangs divided by their socioeconomic status. Book summary the outsiders is about two weeks in the life of a 14yearold boy. The greasers were poor kids from the wrong side of the town, who got their moniker from the grease. Testimonials are incredibly persuasive in transforming potential readers into readers. Though i usually prefer science fiction and fantasy, reading the outsiders was a phenomenal experience. The novel tells the story of ponyboy curtis and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider. You thought it was time tell him, tell him just how hard you had fallen for him. I felt that the book was wellwritten and i especially appreciated the. How to build the back of a book cover with template reedsy.
Dec 29, 2014 this book was part of the assigned reading list for the resources for young adults course that i will be taking during the spring semester. This includes the front text, spine text and a blurb. Sell your book in the blurb bookstore, through amazon, or in the global retail network of over 38,000 retailers, libraries, and schools. Ponyboy curtis, the fourteenyearold narrator, lives with his older brothers sodapop and darry, since their parents passed away in a car accident. A greaser, on the other hand, always lives on the outside and. The outsiders has been one of the most popular book among teens and preteens since it came out in 1967.
Our friends at bookbub carried out an ab test in which they sent group a a book description with a testimonial and group b a version without a testimonial. The author has created the personality of the characters through the descriptions of ponyboythe. It is to design a cover for the book the outsiders by s. Print as you go sell one copy at a time and let blurb fulfill the orders or place a large order and sell inperson. Im really glad that my class gave me the opportunity to do so. What is a good blurb for the book outsiders answers.
Here, he has managed to turn a 300page story into a 560page story by leading us on a longwinded wild goose chase while waffling on about almost everything, but somehow, though it seems hard to fathom, i could not put this cracktastic shit. The characters in the plot give the reader a feeling this can be a true story. In short, king is arguably as much an american icon as the 68 fastback or a classic redandwhite plymouth fury. If youre a little squeamish about worms, youre really not going to like them after accompanying king through his latest bit of mayhem. Eliot, ernest hemingway, harley granvillebarker the secret life, hermann hesse, t. Aug 04, 2016 buy the outsiders the originals 01 by hinton, s e isbn. Hinton, were not very heroicthey were just humansit was easy to believe that this is the way they should be. Thank god i accidentally stumbled upon it and read it.
Dec 28, 2018 the outsiders is a dramatic and enduring work of fiction that laid the groundwork for the ya genre. According to ponyboy, there are two kinds of people in the world. What stephen king gets right and wrong washington post. Read doing homework from the story the outsiders little blurb imagines by ponybxycurtiz x with 364 reads. Buy the outsiders the originals 01 by hinton, s e isbn. The cover blurb is one of the more important adverts for your book it has to summarize your entire novel in just a few paragraphs. Ponyboy is pretty smart and has a lot of opportunity in front of him, but he comes from the wrong side of town and hangs out with a bunch of similarly weirdlynamed friends who drop out, smoke cigarettes, and get busted for robbing stores and. But books arent everything, im glad that theyre able to grasp school, and im proud of them both. He was a hood, a jd, he held up liquor stores, he beat the shit out of unsuspecting kids that looked at him the wrong way but you loved him, and you thought that you could change him turn him into a better man. May 22, 2018 horrormeister king end of watch, 2016, etc. The outsiders inside the burmese labour camps of thailand. This book was part of the assigned reading list for the resources for young adults course that i will be taking during the spring semester. Ponyboy is a fourteenyear old greaser who lives with his two older brothers, sodapop and darry on the lowerclass east side of tulsa, oklahoma. The outsiders study guide contains a biography of author s.