Summary and Analysis of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. The Outsiders was first published by American author S.E. Hinton in 1967, though she wrote it in 1965. Now here's the juicy part - she, Susan Eloise Hinton, was a fifteen-year-old high school student at the time! And it gets even better. Hinton's book contract came through on the day she graduated high school. The Outsiders is the story of the orphaned Curtis brothers. They belong to a gang of East Side Greasers, and the novel focuses on their struggle to stay together as a family in the face economic hardship and violent conflict with a rival gang, the wealthy West Side Socials. Hinton's novel paved the way for frank discussion of gang violence in later Young Adult novels, including Robert Cormier's The Chocolate War, Walter Dean Myers's Scorpions, and Victor Martinez's Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida... PLEASE NOTE: This is a summary and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Inside this Summary & Analysis of The Outsiders: - Summary of book - An Analysis of the book to help you better understand it. - Analysis of the Themes and Author's Style Grab a copy of this book now!
