S. E. Hinton

Rivalry between rich and poor gangs in 1960s Oklahoma leads to the deaths of three teenagers and intense soul-searching for one of the kids involved, a sensitive fourteen-year-old writer named Ponyboy.

The love between two teen-age brothers helps to alleviate the harshness of their usually parentless life as they struggle to grow up.

Three brothers struggle to stay together after their parents' death, as they search for an identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society in which they find themselves "outsiders."

A young boy is astonished when his new puppy begins to change into a human girl who says to him, "I love you, brother!"

Matt Dillon and Mickey Rourke star as two brothers whose desire to break out of their urban trap eventually leads to death for one and a new beginning for the other.

In 1983, Francis Ford Coppola's film of S.E. Hinton's novel struck a powerful chord with audiences. Coppola has revisited the film and reintegrated 22 minutes of character-enriching footage, including a new beginning and ending more true to the book.

On the streets of Tulsa in 1966, teenagers come two ways. If you're from the right side of the tracks, you are a "soc", with everything--money, cars, girls, and a future. But if you're an outsider, a "greaser, " you've got nothing but your friends...and a dream that someday, somehow, you'll finally belong.