Praise for The Outsiders: "The Outsiders transformed young-adult fiction from a genre mostly about prom queens, football players, and high school crushes to one that portrayed a darker, truer world." - The New York Times "Taut with tension, filled with drama." - The Chicago Tribune "[A] classic coming-of-age book." - Philadelphia Daily News "What it's like to live lonely and unwanted and cornered by circumstance... There is rawness and violence here, but honest hope, too." - National Observer "This remarkable novel gives a moving, credible view of the outsiders from the inside... we meet powerful characters in a book with a powerful message." - The Horn Book. A New York Herald Tribune Best Teenage Book. A Chicago Tribune Book World Spring Book Festival Honor Book. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults.