One of the world’s most popular young adult authors, S.E. Hinton’s novels have been passed down for generations, inspiring readers of all ages. Now, new readers can discover Hinton’s deeply engaging novels for the first time, and longtime fans can build their collections with a bundle of four of her most entertaining titles. In RUMBLE FISH, two brothers discover how the bond of blood can be as tight as a noose. In TAMING THE STAR RUNNER, a horse provides the opportunity for escape to a troubled young writer. In TEX, a boy goes looking for trouble and might find redemption instead. And in SOME OF TIM'S STORIES, a bartender recounts the story of two lives torn apart by tragedy. Unforgettable, searing, powerful, told in Hinton’s indelible voice, these four works by a master of craft feature characters who will live on in your imagination long after you finish.
Two novels reveal the realities of growing up young and poor in an Oklahoma city, the importance of family and friends during hardship, and the struggle to discover identity apart from society's perceptions.
Usually easygoing and affable, fifteen-year-old Tex undergoes a startling personality change when his rodeo-riding father reveals the truth about Tex's birth, unwittingly pushing the boy to the point of murder.
A revealing account of the tensions, fears, and frustrations of gang life from a teenage boy's point of view
That Was Then, This is Now is S. E. Hinton's moving portrait of the bond between best friends Bryon and Mark and the tensions that develop between them as they begin to grow up and grow apart.
“Don't, Rusty-James. I'd rather you didn't tell anybody. God knows it's gonna get around soon enough.” He had been acting a little weird ever since he got back. He had a funny look on his face now, so I said, “Sure.
“I just don't see how Casey can stand it. He just hates all this. He's never going to love her.” Travis was remembering some of the stories he'd been hearing around the barn, about the Star Runner, bits and pieces he hadn't paid much ...
So I rewrote the story from the viewpoint of Rusty-James, who is not observant, not intelligent, and yet he still has to convey the identity of the Motorcycle Boy, who is so complex. I'd write a sentence and be proud of it as a writer, ...
"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." ...
He survived foreign prisons, smugglers, pirates, gunrunners, and shark attacks. But what he finds in the quote town of Hawkes Harbor, Delaware, was enough to drive him almost insane—and change his life forever.
This critical volume explores S.E. Hinton's classic novel The Outsiders through the lens of teen issues.