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The Outsiders is a novel written by S.E. Hinton and first published in 1967. Hinton wrote and had the book publsihed when she was just 16 years old.

The book is about rival gangs from different sides of the tracks. The two gangs, the greasers and the socials, were considered to be outsiders. The groups fail to gain any standing even when they save kids from a burning church. The newspaper headlines read "Juvenile Delinquents Turn Hero."

The Outsiders was #38 of the American Library Association's top 100 banned books of 1990. The book was challenged in South Milwaukee because of violence, language, drug and alcohol abuse content and "virtually all the characters were from broken homes."

A movie adaptation of the novel was made in 1983. The Outsiders starred C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio and many other young stars who have since gone onto greater success in the movie industry. Matt Dillon went on to star in the related film, Rumble Fish.

The book was followed by the 1971 That Was Then, This Is Now.

See also: Rumble Fish

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