S. E Hinton

The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parents' death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society. The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society.

A junior high school boy idolizes his older brother, the coolest, toughest guy in the neighborhood, and wants to be just like him.

Sixteen-year-old Mark and Bryon have been like brothers since childhood, but now, as their involvement with girls, gangs, and drugs increases, their relationship seems to gradually disintegrate.

Terry and Mike are cousins whose families are almost seamlessly intertwined. Raised as close as brothers and living happy childhoods, neither one thinks of what can go wrong. But the unexpected deaths of both their fathers catapult their lives in two very different directions. Terry finds trouble with the law, while Mike lives his life racked with guilt and sadness. In her first book in four years, The Outsidersauthor S. E. Hinton gives readers a...