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While still in her teens, Hinton became a household name [a] as the author of The Outsiders, her first and most popular novel, set in Oklahoma in the 1960s. She began writing it in 1965. [ 7 ] The book was inspired by two rival gangs at her school, Will Rogers High School , [ 8 ] the Greasers and the Socs , [ 3 ] and her desire to empathize ...
Seven years after Taming the Star Runner, Hinton released her first children's book, Big David, Little David, which followed with the release of The Puppy Sister in 1995. [2] In 2004, Hawkes Harbor, Hinton's first adult novel, was released. [3] Hinton's most recent book, Some of Tim's Stories, was published in 2007 and is Hinton's third ...
The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel by S. E. Hinton published in 1967 by Viking Press.The book details the conflict between two rival gangs of White Americans divided by their socioeconomic status: the working-class "Greasers" and the upper-middle-class "Socs" (pronounced / ˈ s oʊ ʃ ɪ z / SOH-shiz—short for Socials).
That Was Then, This Is Now is a coming-of age, young adult novel by S. E. Hinton, first published in 1971.Set in the 1960s, it follows the relationship between two brothers, Mark Jennings and Bryon Douglas, who are foster brothers, but find their relationship rapidly changing and deteriorating.
With rehearsals set to begin Thursday, Feb. 1 in New York City, members of the cast and creative team of “The Outsiders” musical — including Oscar winner Angelina Jolie, a lead producer on ...
Ponyboy Michael "Pony" Curtis is a fictional character and the main protagonist of S. E. Hinton's 1967 novel The Outsiders. On screen, he is played by C. Thomas Howell in Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 film adaptation and by Jay R. Ferguson in the 1990 sequel TV series. Brody Grant originated the role on stage in the 2023 stage musical adaptation.
S.E. Hinton: The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, Tex, That Was Then, This Is Now; Will Hobbs: Downriver, Far North, Crossing the Wire; Amanda Hocking: My Blood Approves Series, Switched Trilogy; Alice Hoffman: Green Angel; Nina Kiriki Hoffman (primarily an author of science fiction): A Stir of Bones, Spirits That Walk in Shadow
[10] Based on S.E. Hinton's bestselling 1967 novel of the same name, [10] the coming-of-age film [11] went on to become a cult classic. [12] [13] Howell's portrayal of Ponyboy was his breakthrough role, [14] and it earned him a Young Artist Award. [15] In 1984, Howell and his Outsiders co-star Patrick Swayze reunited for Grandview, U.S.A. and ...