The Outsiders, a novel by S.E. Hinton published in 1967, is credited with modernizing young adult (YA) literature by acknowledging social groups and themes that had been overlooked in earlier books for teenage readers. The novel centers on rival teen gangs in Oklahoma, in particular the working-class “greasers” and upper-class “Socs.”
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