S.E. Hinton

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born

July 22, 1948 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.sehinton.com

genre

Literature & Fiction, Young Adult

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S.E. Hinton, was and still is, one of the most popular and best known writers of young adult fiction. Her books have been taught in some schools, and banned from others. Her novels changed the way people look at young adult literature.

Susan Eloise Hinton was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She has always enjoyed reading but wasn't satisfied with the literature that was being written for young adults, which influenced her to write novels like The Outsiders. That book, her first novel, was published in 1967 by Viking.

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Books by S.E. Hinton

Average rating: 3.92 · 181,479 ratings · 8,980 reviews · 13 distinct works

	The Outsiders 3.95 avg rating — 160,225 ratings — published 1967 — 12 editions	My rating:
	That Was Then, This Is Now 3.76 avg rating — 8,907 ratings — published 1971 — 28 editions	My rating:
	Rumble Fish 3.66 avg rating — 5,730 ratings — published 1975 — 32 editions	My rating:
	Tex by S.E. Hinton, Miguel Martinez-Lage 3.63 avg rating — 3,438 ratings — 15 editions	My rating:
	Taming the Star Runner 3.56 avg rating — 1,070 ratings — published 1988 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Hawkes Harbor 3.04 avg rating — 911 ratings — published 2004 — 14 editions	My rating:
	The Outsiders 4.30 avg rating — 303 ratings	My rating:
	S.E. Hinton: the Collection: The Outsiders / Rumble Fish / That Was Then, This Is Now 4.44 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 1982 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Some of Tim's Stories (The Oklahoma Stories & Storytellers Series) 3.62 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Puppy Sister 3.80 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by S.E. Hinton

“I lie to myself all the time, but I never believe me.”
― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

tags: lies , lying , truth

905 people liked it

“Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold.”
― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

tags: benediction , johnny-cade , ponyboy-curtis , ralph-macchio

506 people liked it

“If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky.”
― S.E. Hinton

tags: friends , friendship

454 people liked it

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Polls

What frequently challenged or banned CLASSIC book should we read in July?

(We will select two books but you can read either, both or none of course.)

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

24 votes 22.9%

1984 by George Orwell

16 votes 15.2%

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

15 votes 14.3%

Native Son by Richard Wright

12 votes 11.4%

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

9 votes 8.6%

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

9 votes 8.6%

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

8 votes 7.6%

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

6 votes 5.7%

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

4 votes 3.8%

The Call of the Wild by Jack London

2 votes 1.9%

105 total votes

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