The Outsiders
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Who else read this for school?
It was one of my favorite books growing up i loved it and those scholastic book fairs where i would spend all my pocket money.
Read this in school :)
i read this book in seventh grade
My class had to read this in 8th grade, and almost everyone loved it. We watched the movie afterwards but everyone thought it was a drag and didn't live up to the book.
I was very bored in the beginning of the book but once Johnny stabbed one of the socs I started to get into it a little more. I thought the book was pretty good but did not live up to the hype it has be given. It was a good book but it is not a book that pops into my mind when asked by a friend "I am look for a good book. Do you have an suggestions?"
sorry for the typo in there it was supposed to be I am *looking
yeah i read it in 7th grade English! at first i hated it, but now I love it.
The Outsiders is one of the most over-valued school books in Canada.
Yes. 1988, Year 8. I didn't read it though, just watched the movie.
Good books don't get 5 stars; only great books do.
I had to read it in 8th grade and I loved it!
I read it on 8th grade. We read it on class.
I read it just this past year for L.A. and finished weeks before everyone else, I loved the book and the movie!
I read this 1 month 1/2 before my own class started reading this. When i saw told my teacher this, she was lik, "really?" i was happy and felt so ahead thn my othr class mates brcause i was the obly one who already read it^_^¥_¥(8th grade) I still own it today:)
I was forced to read it in 7th grade...
Yup :) I read it a couple of weeks before Christmas
My 8th grade English class read it. The Outsiders is hands-down the most fun book to read in school, especially if you have a good teacher, like I did.
Ha ha. Very candid. Good. Diana wrote: "I was forced to read it in 7th grade..."
7th grade...though I think I would have liked it more if I read it outside of school
I did in 8th grade :) I loved it. We also watched the movie after we had finished the book
I did, 7th grade, but I had read it before that, so I was super excited when I found out!
We followed along with the audiobook in my 7th grade Reading class! :)
I read this for 8th grade language arts!!!! LOVED IT!
I read this in high school..of course fell in love with the book and movie.. of course our daughter had to read this in high school a couple of years ago also and she too fell in love with the movie and book... OOPS I forgot how old I am now LOL !!!!!
We didn't have this for school but I read it around 14 years old. Saw the movie later. I think I read about it in Seventeen magazines that our library had, here in AustraliaMatt Dillon was my favourite bad boy at that time...
Me! Haha I guess it's something everybody does in middle school.
Read it in 6th Grade
I did and re-read it later, I loveddddd this book!
My 7th grade Reading class followed along to the unabridged audiobook, I'm pretty sure. Or maybe we read it out loud, can't remember well. We did have to do our own little book with a summary for each chapter; I still have mine.
I had to read it for seventh grade English.
Read it in year 9 and loved it :) (that was 2 years ago)
I read the book in school and also watched the movie many times. Love this story!
I read this book in junior high, a long time ago and to this day, it is still one of my favorites. I also loved the movie!
7th grade and I happen to be a native Tulsan. I've been to the Admiral Twin, which is the drive-in theater from the movie. I now have the movie.
I read it when I was in seventh grade for a class novel study.
This girl right here. :) Really sad, and because of that it wasn't my fav book of the year, but underrated for sure.
Loved it.
Loved it.
I had to read it for English class in the 6th grade but one of the parents complained that it was "bad" and doesn't want their child reading it so we had to stop reading it but by then I had already finished the book...all in all it was a good book :)
This year's summer reading!
Back in my day when I was in 7th grade(2004), it was one of the books we had to read. I chose to read it for my own personal pleasure, though. It was the first time I ever lied to my mum about what I needed 5 bucks for...that was the beginning stage of my bibliophilism. lol anywho, it's a fantastic book....okay okay fine...I'll admit it! I cried. Are you happy?? LolFantastic book, and the movie was cool too. If you liked this then you should read That was Then, This is Now.
Back in my day when I was in 7th grade(2004), it was one of the books we had to read. I chose to read it for my own personal pleasure, though. It was the first time I ever lied to my mum about what I needed 5 bucks for...that was the beginning stage of my bibliophilism. lol anywho, it's a fantastic book....okay okay fine...I'll admit it! I cried. Are you happy?? LolFantastic book, and the movie was cool too. If you liked this then you should read That was Then, This is Now.
I read it in the 6th grade. It's one of the few assigned books I actually enjoyed.
I read it in High School, mostly because it was highly recommended by my best friends, not as an assignment for any class. Ironically, our friends identified moreso with the Greasers --not because we were gang members or gang affiliated, we weren't -- because the Socs, in the novel seemed to be fiscally and socially in some kind of elitist hierarchy; and we "secretly" thought of the cheerleaders, and snooty kids in our school as the Socs...haha! Wow, I hadn't thought of this novel in decades...need to make sure I added it to my goodreads list!
Read it for 8th grade. I'm surprised when I meet anyone who DIDN'T read "The Outsiders" for school. In keeping with tradition, I made it part of the 8th grade curriculum at my first teaching job...kids still appreciate it! Just goes to show...
I had to read this in grade eight. We watched the movie too. I wasn't that interested in it.
I was supposed to read this in 7th grade, but I had forgotten about it. The 8th graders were reading it too and kept calling me a Soc during orchestra and I didn't know what that meant and eventually I just read it to find out. Then I found out we were going to try to read the book before the end of the school year. Luckily for me, we ran out of time, so those interested just read on their own. No papers on it! I was so happy.
I wish I didn't have to do any work on it. Copied soooo many notes. Public speaking on it and sooooo much more
I know, I didn't like the book. Everyone was saying how Johnny was sooo cute and how Ponyboy was so brave. It got annoying fast.
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