Ponyboy lives with his two brothers, Darrel and Sodapop, where he lives there is two social groups, the Greasers and the Socs. Of course these two groups don’t mix, after a night at the movies Ponyboy and Johnny walk Cherry and Marcia home. Cherry and Marcia’s boyfriends (Socs) take in way that they think Ponyboy and Johnny are trying to take there girls. So one night as Ponyboy and Johnny are walking home they get jumped, in self-defense, Johnny killed the guy trying to drown Ponyboy. When they realized what they had did they went to someone they knew could help them, Dallas Winston. Dallas gave them money and a loaded gun, and tells them to hide out in an abandoned church.

     Dallas came to visit Ponyboy and Johnny, so they went out to eat. At that time Johnny decides to turn himself in, but when they get back to the church they realized it had caught fire. As two teachers come running up the hill worried, they said that there was children in the church. So Ponyboy and Johnny go into the burning building to save the children. They got all the children out, but Ponyboy got some burns and Johnny is hurt bad. This could be the last of Johnny, which people in the Greasers gang may not be able to handle.

     If you liked the summary and want to find out what happens next then you can read The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. The book was ordinated when Ponyboy was assigned a report in English. So if you like mystery I recommend this book, it is a good book for young- adults.

     My personal opinion about the book is that it is really good. It kept you on the edge of your seat through the whole thing. The book shows loyalty that was shared in friendship and in the gangs. Also the book shows how the world puts people into groups, the Socs is the rich kids while the greasers were the ones that barley got by. One thing the book showed greatly was how close the greasers were, they were like a family.