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This is my first read of this book -- I somehow missed it in the teenage years when I am pretty sure everyone else in the world was assigned it for school. The story is simple -- teenagers are classified as "greasers" or "socs" and struggle with what that means, their places in the world, and how to grow up. But the writing is just so clean and clear and the characters so vivid. I'm impressed with what SE Hinton could do in such a short book, and at the age of 16. If you haven't read this, or ha
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I can see why middle school uses this as required reading. still relevant today. good message, good text to teach allegory, dialogue, symbolism, character archetypes....my teacher brain was on the whole time.
2.5 stars.
This is very dated and so many stories of better quality been published, I can't understand why it is still required reading for many school districts. ...more
This is very dated and so many stories of better quality been published, I can't understand why it is still required reading for many school districts. ...more
That was a really good book. I even read the interview at the end, and was shocked to find it was written by a teenage girl!
Sep 25, 2007
Tori
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May 21, 2012
Christy Laub
marked it as to-read
Jun 01, 2012
Reina Lopez
marked it as to-read
Sep 05, 2016
Miquela
marked it as to-read
