This exciting and well plotted book also has great characters. Greasers, Rockers, different place, different name; but wherever they are, they're outsiders, the rough, tough, long-haired boys from the 'other side' of town. Their story is told by Ponyboy, a Greaser, and a witness to the savage beating that leads his best friend to manslaughter. It's more than a story of hatred and violence, it is also about teenage loyalty and friendship and the search for personal dignity and a place in the world.
